The former North Korean diplomat could be a valuable source of intelligence for the South and its allies, including the U.S.
SEOUL—A senior North Korean diplomat who vanished from public view while serving as Pyongyang’s acting ambassador to Italy in 2018 has been secretly living in South Korea for over a year, according to South Korean lawmakers briefed by the country’s spy agency.
The whereabouts of the envoy, Jo Song Gil, who the Journal has reported fled with the help of a clandestine group dedicated to toppling Kim Jong Un’s North Korean dictatorship, had been a mystery until the legislators confirmed his presence in South Korea late Tuesday...
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