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Hi, neil, we had the staggering figure of 15,000 new cases in 24hour period, what we saw china do today come out and hold the press conference and they said this is not spreading like wild fire, 99 to have cases are still in china, as you pointed out another big figure today, 5,000 more in last 14 hours, 121 new deaths also in that period. Now china having to implement these wartime control measures in some of the cities, earlier today also finally we have heard from the World Health Organization who said a team would be going to china. Im glad to say that who led joined nation with china is moving forward, we expect the full team to touchdown over the weekend, the mission consists of 12 international and who experts and similar number of National Expert from china. Its expected that there will be some experts also from the u. S. In that team, but still theres criticism of chinas response, one chinese doctor writing a very rare critical letter of the government saying they had failed t
Former official at the north Korean Embassy in london who defected with his family in 2016. This hearing took place in early november. Thae distinguished members of the House Committee, thank you for the opportunity to be here today. First, im glad to express my sincere gratitude to chairman royce, who kept his promise to accommodate my wishes to visit the United States and gave me this opportunity to testify before the House Committee on foreign affairs. As you are all aware, i worked at the front line of north korean diplomacy until i defected to south korea in summer of 2016. But my story is quite different from other defectors who may have experienced political oppression, Inhumane Treatment in prison camps, or to avoid hunger and other difficulties. I would like to tell you about my life as a north korean diplomat. Why i defected to the free world. Why kim jongun is developing a program and how best to deal with the north korean regime. I went through causes in north korea, which
Mr. Thae chairman royce, Ranking Member engel, distinguished members of the House Committee, thank you for the opportunity to be here today. First, i would like to express my sincere gratitude to chairman royce, who kept his promise to accommodate my wishes to visit the United States and gave me this opportunity to testify before the House Committee on foreign affairs. As you are all aware, i worked at the front line of north korean diplomacy until i defected to south korea in summer of 2016. But my story is quite different from other defectors who may have experienced political oppression, Inhumane Treatment in prison camps, or to avoid hunger and other difficulties. Economic difficulties. Rather, today i would like to tell you about my life as a north korean diplomat, why i defected to the free world, why kim jongun is developing nuclear and icbm programs, and how best to deal with the north korean regime. I went through causes in north korea, which cannot be dreamed by ordinary citi