North Korea may seek to make an example of Thae Yong-ho, the North Korean defector who has called for another diplomat who has apparently defected from Pyongyang’s embassy in Rome to join him in Seoul and help achieve the reunification of the peninsula.
N orth Korea may seek to make an example of Thae Yong-ho, the North Korean defector who has called for another diplomat who has apparently defected from Pyongyang’s embassy in Rome to join him in Seoul and help achieve the reunification of the peninsula.
Mr Thae, who fled from North Korea’s embassy in London with his family in 2016, said that if Jo Song-gil joins him in Seoul then it will encourage more North Korean diplomats to do the same, weakening the regime of Kim Jong-un.
In an open letter on his blog, Mr Thae said it was a “duty, not a choice” for diplomats who have defected to work in the South for reunification.
“If you come to the South, other colleagues of ours may follow suit, which will expedite the day when the Koreas reunify”, he added. “I will wait for you in Seoul”.
