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Kim Yong-nam, a former chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People’s Assembly who held key diplomatic posts under three generations of North Korean leadership, died on Nov. 3, Korean Central Television reported on Nov. 4. The broadcaster said a wreath was laid in the name of Kim Jong-un. [KOREAN CENTRAL TELEVISION]

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.

2025.11.5

Tae Yong-ho, the secretary general of the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council, speaking during a parliamentary audit session at the National Assembly in Seoul on OcT. 8, 2024. [YONHAP]

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.

2025.2.6

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Tae Yong-ho, the secretary general of South Korea's Peaceful Unification Advisory Committee, speaks to lawmakers on the parliamentary Foreign Relations and Unification Committee at the National Assembly in Yeouido, western Seoul, on Oct. 8. [YONHAP]

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

Tae Yong-ho, right, secretary general of the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council, and U.S. Sen.-elect Andy Kim pose for a photo during their meeting in Manhattan, New York, on Oct. 25. [YONHAP]

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

Tae Yong-ho, secretary-general of the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council, speaks during a press briefing on Wednesday at the council's conference room. [PEACEFUL UNIFICATION ADVISORY COUNCIL]

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.

2024.9.5

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.

2024.9.2

Tae Yong-ho, a former senior North Korean diplomat and ex-lawmaker in Seoul [KIM HYEON-DONG]

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.

2024.7.17

Kim Ju-ae, left, and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at an event celebrating the lauching of its spy satellite on Nov. 23. [KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY]

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

Ko Young-hwan, special aide to South Korean Unification Minister Kim Yung-ho and a former North Korean diplomat, reads Kim's speech at the Korea Global Forum in Washington on Monday (local time). The forum was co-hosted by the ministry and the Center for Strategic and International Studies. [YONHAP]

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).

2023.11.7

People Power Party youth spokesperson Kim Ga-ram, who won a seat on the party's supreme council on Friday, delivers his acceptance speech at the National Assembly in the afternoon. [JOINT PRESS CORPS]

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.

2023.6.9