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Ex-North Korean ambassador urges former colleague to defect to South Korea

January 6, 2019 admin Asia, jo song-gi, Latest News Stories, North korea, politics, South korea, thae yong-ho, World

Credit to Author: cmiranda| Date: Sun, 06 Jan 2019 10:30:52 +0000

People shout slogans as they attend a rally in support of a new year's address by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at Kim Il Sung square in Pyongyang on January 4, 2019. - Much of Kim's January 1 speech focused on North Korea's moribund economy, saying that improving people's lives was his top priority and tackling energy shortages was an urgent task. (Photo by KIM Won Jin / AFP)

A former senior North Korean diplomat who defected to the South in 2016 on Saturday urged a former colleague who has gone into hiding before ending his term in Italy to come to Seoul, as opposed to the US where he is reportedly seeking asylum.

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