A senior North Korean diplomat based in Cuba defected with his wife and child to South Korea in November, South Korean media reports said on July 16, becoming the highest-ranking North Korean diplomat to escape to the South since 2016. Before fleeing to the South, Ri Il Kyu, 52, told South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo...

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