South Korea says a high-ranking
North Korean military officer
defected to the South last year.
The announcement was made
Monday in Seoul by the South's
ministries of Defense and Unification,
the latter of which handles affairs
between the rival Koreas. The
unidentified officer is a colonel who
worked in North Korea's General
Reconnaissance Bureau, making him
the highest-ranked officer known to
defect from the authoritarian
regime.
The bureau conducts espionage
activities against Seoul, including
cyberattacks. The agency is also
blamed for the 2010 torpedo attack
against a South Korean naval ship,
killing 46 sailors; an act Pyongyang
has denied.
Last year, a North Korean diplomat
stationed in an African country
defected with his family to the South.
Monday's news of the North Korean
colonel's defection comes just days
after Seoul revealed that 13 North
Koreans working at a state-owned
restaurant in a foreign country
defected as a group; the largest
group defection since 2011.
More than 29,000 North Koreans
have defected to the democratic
South since the end of the 1950-53
civil war that split the two countries.
The numbers have declined since
Kim Jong Un took over as leader of
the dynastic-run North in 2011.
South Korea says a high-ranking
North Korean military officer
defected to the South last year.
The announcement was made
Monday in Seoul by the South's
ministries of Defense and Unification,
the latter of which handles affairs
between the rival Koreas. The
unidentified officer is a colonel who
worked in North Korea's General
Reconnaissance Bureau, making him
the highest-ranked officer known to
defect from the authoritarian
regime.
The bureau conducts espionage
activities against Seoul, including
cyberattacks. The agency is also
blamed for the 2010 torpedo attack
against a South Korean naval ship,
killing 46 sailors; an act Pyongyang
has denied.
Last year, a North Korean diplomat
stationed in an African country
defected with his family to the South.
Monday's news of the North Korean
colonel's defection comes just days
after Seoul revealed that 13 North
Koreans working at a state-owned
restaurant in a foreign country
defected as a group; the largest
group defection since 2011.
More than 29,000 North Koreans
have defected to the democratic
South since the end of the 1950-53
civil war that split the two countries.
The numbers have declined since
Kim Jong Un took over as leader of
the dynastic-run North in 2011.
South Korea says a high-ranking
North Korean military officer
defected to the South last year.
The announcement was made
Monday in Seoul by the South's
ministries of Defense and Unification,
the latter of which handles affairs
between the rival Koreas. The
unidentified officer is a colonel who
worked in North Korea's General
Reconnaissance Bureau, making him
the highest-ranked officer known to
defect from the authoritarian
regime.
The bureau conducts espionage
activities against Seoul, including
cyberattacks. The agency is also
blamed for the 2010 torpedo attack
against a South Korean naval ship,
killing 46 sailors; an act Pyongyang
has denied.
Last year, a North Korean diplomat
stationed in an African country
defected with his family to the South.
Monday's news of the North Korean
colonel's defection comes just days
after Seoul revealed that 13 North
Koreans working at a state-owned
restaurant in a foreign country
defected as a group; the largest
group defection since 2011.
More than 29,000 North Koreans
have defected to the democratic
South since the end of the 1950-53
civil war that split the two countries.
The numbers have declined since
Kim Jong Un took over as leader of
the dynastic-run North in 2011.
South Korea says a high-ranking
North Korean military officer
defected to the South last year.
The announcement was made
Monday in Seoul by the South's
ministries of Defense and Unification,
the latter of which handles affairs
between the rival Koreas. The
unidentified officer is a colonel who
worked in North Korea's General
Reconnaissance Bureau, making him
the highest-ranked officer known to
defect from the authoritarian
regime.
The bureau conducts espionage
activities against Seoul, including
cyberattacks. The agency is also
blamed for the 2010 torpedo attack
against a South Korean naval ship,
killing 46 sailors; an act Pyongyang
has denied.
Last year, a North Korean diplomat
stationed in an African country
defected with his family to the South.
Monday's news of the North Korean
colonel's defection comes just days
after Seoul revealed that 13 North
Koreans working at a state-owned
restaurant in a foreign country
defected as a group; the largest
group defection since 2011.
More than 29,000 North Koreans
have defected to the democratic
South since the end of the 1950-53
civil war that split the two countries.
The numbers have declined since
Kim Jong Un took over as leader of
the dynastic-run North in 2011.
South Korea says a high-ranking
North Korean military officer
defected to the South last year.
The announcement was made
Monday in Seoul by the South's
ministries of Defense and Unification,
the latter of which handles affairs
between the rival Koreas. The
unidentified officer is a colonel who
worked in North Korea's General
Reconnaissance Bureau, making him
the highest-ranked officer known to
defect from the authoritarian
regime.
The bureau conducts espionage
activities against Seoul, including
cyberattacks. The agency is also
blamed for the 2010 torpedo attack
against a South Korean naval ship,
killing 46 sailors; an act Pyongyang
has denied.
Last year, a North Korean diplomat
stationed in an African country
defected with his family to the South.
Monday's news of the North Korean
colonel's defection comes just days
after Seoul revealed that 13 North
Koreans working at a state-owned
restaurant in a foreign country
defected as a group; the largest
group defection since 2011.
More than 29,000 North Koreans
have defected to the democratic
South since the end of the 1950-53
civil war that split the two countries.
The numbers have declined since
Kim Jong Un took over as leader of
the dynastic-run North in 2011.
South Korea says a high-ranking
North Korean military officer
defected to the South last year.
The announcement was made
Monday in Seoul by the South's
ministries of Defense and Unification,
the latter of which handles affairs
between the rival Koreas. The
unidentified officer is a colonel who
worked in North Korea's General
Reconnaissance Bureau, making him
the highest-ranked officer known to
defect from the authoritarian
regime.
The bureau conducts espionage
activities against Seoul, including
cyberattacks. The agency is also
blamed for the 2010 torpedo attack
against a South Korean naval ship,
killing 46 sailors; an act Pyongyang
has denied.
Last year, a North Korean diplomat
stationed in an African country
defected with his family to the South.
Monday's news of the North Korean
colonel's defection comes just days
after Seoul revealed that 13 North
Koreans working at a state-owned
restaurant in a foreign country
defected as a group; the largest
group defection since 2011.
More than 29,000 North Koreans
have defected to the democratic
South since the end of the 1950-53
civil war that split the two countries.
The numbers have declined since
Kim Jong Un took over as leader of
the dynastic-run North in 2011.
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Description : South Korea says a high-ranking North Korean military officer defected to the South last year. The announcement was made Monday in Seoul...