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Late North Korean statesman a 'perfect model of regime survival,' says high-profile defector

Former North Korean diplomat and ex-lawmaker Tae Yong-ho said on Wednesday that the late Kim Yong-nam epitomized how to survive in Pyongyang’s shifting political hierarchy.

2025-11-05

Drug charges against son of North Korean defector Tae Yong-ho dismissed

Drug use allegations against the eldest son of Tae Yong-ho, former conservative People Power Party lawmaker and North Korean defector, have been dismissed.

2025-02-06

Son of prominent North Korean defector under investigation for smoking pot in Thailand

The eldest son of Tae Yong-ho, the secretary general of the South Korean presidential advisory committee on unification, is under investigation for drug charges, police said Friday.

2024-11-22

U.S. Senator-elect Andy Kim asked to play key role in South, North unification

The secretary general of the presidential advisory body on unification has requested Rep. Andy Kim, the first Korean American elected to the United States Senate, to play a pivotal role in issues related to South and North Korea's unification.

2024-11-11

Kim Jong-un's 'hostile states' theory still a work in progress, former North Korean envoy-turned-defector says

A former North Korean diplomat suggested Pyongyang has yet to institutionalize leader Kim Jong-un's declaration of a hostile relationship between the two Koreas.

2024-09-05

Some foreign professors at North Korea's private international university return to Pyongyang

Some foreign professors at Pyongyang University of Science and Technology have returned to North Korea after a four-year hiatus over Covid-19, Seoul officials said Monday, in the latest sign of the North's further border opening.

2024-09-02

Former North Korean diplomat Tae Yong-ho becomes first defector named to vice-ministerial position

Tae Yong-ho, a former senior North Korean diplomat and ex-lawmaker in Seoul, was appointed secretary general of a presidential consultative body on unification.

2024-07-17

Kim's daughter might have been named successor, says defector-turned-lawmaker

According to the report, Kim Ju-ae was called the “rising star” of North Korea at a lecture for senior leadership to celebrate the successful launching of its reconnaissance satellite last week.

2023-11-28

Unification Minister urges China to protect defectors from North

South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho called on China to facilitate the relocation of North Korean defectors to a country of their choice and protect their human rights at a conference held in Washington on Monday (local time).

2023-11-07

Rep. Kim Ga-ram elected to PPP's supreme council

The conservative People Power Party (PPP) announced Friday that the party's youth spokesperson Kim Ga-ram had been elected to its supreme council, replacing Rep. Tae Yong-ho who resigned from his seat on the council last month.

2023-06-09