Experts say many countries in the 'global south' are finding it more risky to have Pyongyang as a diplomatic partner. North Korea has also began concentrating on Russia for its diplomatic ties.
[EXCLUSIVE] There was another ranking North Korean defector from Kuwait before Ryu: source
Posted : 2021-02-25 16:20
Updated : 2021-02-26 09:14
North Korea s former acting ambassador to Kuwait Ryu Hyun-woo has an interview with CNN in January. Captured from CNN
By Yi Whan-woo
A North Korean official ranking higher than the country s former Acting Ambassador to Kuwait Ryu Hyun-woo, whose defection to South Korea was recently made public, also fled from the same Gulf state in 2017 and defected to the South, according to a reliable source.
Speaking on the condition of anonymity, the source told The Korea Times that the higher-placed official was not a diplomat but was in charge of a construction project involving North Korean workers. They were eventually sent back home after Kuwait enforced the 2017 U.N. Security Council sanctions against the Kim Jong-un regime which was using their wage remittances to fund its nuclear and missile programs. The source also wondered why the
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A senior North Korean diplomat who was acting ambassador to Kuwait told his daughter they were going to defect to the South while pretending to drive her to school, Mr Ryu Hyun-woo told media on Monday (Feb 01).. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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