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Son of defector-turned-politician Thae Yong-ho indicted for alleged cryptocurrency fraud

Eldest son of former lawmaker accused of defrauding investors of 1.4 billion won through a cryptocurrency scheme.

2026.6.24

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

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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, and Cuban President Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez hold up their hands as they watch a mass games performance in Pyongyang on Nov. 5, 2018, in a photo from the North's Rodong Sinmun newspaper. [YONHAP]

Senior North Korean diplomat to Cuba defects to South

A senior North Korean diplomat stationed in Cuba defected to South Korea with his family in November, becoming the highest-ranking North Korean diplomat to escape to the South since 2016.

2024.7.16

Police released a screenshot of an e-mail from a suspected Pyongyang-backed hacking group that impersonated a parliamentary aide working for People Power Party (PPP) Rep. Thae Yong-ho. Highlighted in red is the e-mail attachment that distributed ransomware rendering the victim's data and computer system inaccessible. [NATIONAL POLICE AGENCY]

North Korean hackers believed to be behind phishing scheme targeting security experts

A Pyongyang-backed hacking group is believed to be behind an email phishing scheme that targeted South Korean security experts on three occasions earlier this year, according to police Sunday.

2022.12.26

Rep. Thae Yong-ho of the People Power Party, who was previously North Korea's deputy ambassador to Britain before defecting with his family to South Korea in August 2016, speaks after being named to the National Assembly's foreign affairs and unification committee on Monday. [YONHAP]

U.S. takes North refugee as South's safe-haven status questioned

The United States has admitted a North Korean defector as a refugee for the first time this year as South Korea's reputation as safe haven for those seeking to flee the repressive regime has been greatly diminished.

2022.11.1

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People Power Party leader Lee Jun-seok, center, poses with participants at a policy debate about a government-backed North Korean human rights foundation at the National Assembly in Yeouido, southern Seoul on Monday.

2022.6.13

Ryu Hyun-woo, North Korea's former acting ambassador to Kuwait, is pictured at center in this state media photograph, accompanying North Korea's foreign minister at the time, Ri Su-yong, left, in a meeting with Omani envoys in Pyongyang in 2015. [YONHAP]

High-ranking, highly connected envoy defected in 2019

North Korea's former acting ambassador to Kuwait has been living in South Korea since defecting in 2019, according to multiple sources on Monday.

2021.1.25

North Korea's former acting ambassador to Rome, Jo Song-gil, second from right, poses with Italian officials and civic leaders at an event in 2018, months before his disappearance in November of that year. [YONHAP]

North's acting ambassador to Italy is in South Korea

North Korea’s former acting ambassador to Italy has been resettled and living in South Korea since July last year, according to lawmakers in Seoul.

2020.10.7

Rep. Lee In-young, the nominee for Minister of Unification, center, speaks during his confirmation at the National Assembly on Thursday. [YONHAP]

UFP excoriates Unification Ministry nominee over past ideology

Opposition lawmakers on Thursday bombarded Unification Minister nominee Lee In-young with questions about his ideological leanings during a National Assembly confirmation hearing that was largely devoid of policy discussions...

2020.7.23

Defectors-turned-lawmakers slammed over claims on Kim

The ruling party on Monday urged two North Korean defectors-turned-lawmakers-elect of the conservative opposition parties to stay away from the National Assembly committees that handle top-secret security information.

2020.5.4