North Korean envoy to Italy is missing: Did he defect?

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Did a North Korean diplomat defect? A South Korean lawmaker says Pyongyang's acting ambassador to Italy and his wife have gone into hiding.

 

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Yikes!

Cryptic report that diplomat defection by North Korean Ambassador raises fear of what would make couple do it if regime is really changing its ways or plotting again?

I hope they have no family back home. If they do, they no longer will. :-(

This should make for some interesting pen pal letter writing..

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Good for him, I say get out any way necessary but don’t tell trump where they are, his bromance with South Korea dictator Kim may cause him to whisper sweet nothings

It came to the attention of the ambassador and his wife that Italy has better noodles than North Korea.

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