Thae Yong-ho claims there are many unknown N. Korean defectors who used ...

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We are learning that there's quite a number of North Korean defectors in the South,... who used to work as diplomats for the regime.
This comes from one of the most high-profile North Korean to make the dramatic transition.
Park Ji-won shares with us the insights provided by the former senior diplomat of the communist state.
Former North Korean deputy ambassador to London, Thae Yong-ho,...one of the most high-profile North Korean defectors to date, said on Tuesday that there are many North Korean defectors in the South,... who also used to be former diplomats and high-level officials.
During a seminar hosted by the Righteous Party at the South Korean National Assembly,... the former senior North Korean official said that although he is the only North Korean diplomat defector to have been exposed to the media, there is a considerable number of other former diplomat defectors residing in the South.
Moreover, Thae said there are other former North Korean diplomats around the world,... who are now waiting to be sent to South Korea.
So it should come as no surprise, according to Thae, that more defections from Pyongyang's elite are expected in the coming years.
Thae said the current Kim Jong-un regime still finds it hard to establish its legitimacy to the North Korean people,... and that the North is no longer a communist state, but a slave society,... under the Kim family's rule.
Regarding effective North Korean policies,.. Thae stressed that internationally concerted efforts and sanctions should be simultaneously maintained.
He also said more exchanges between the two Koreas,... and cooperation in private sectors should be conducted,... adding that a separation between the North Korean regime and the North Korean people is necessary.
And,... in terms of humanitarian and food assistance,... Thae emphasized that condition-attached assistance would be effective,... saying the North Korean public should know the assistance comes from the South.
He also warned that North Korea ultimately aims to eliminate the South with its nuclear weapons,... and that Seoul should not prioritize the stances of other countries when it comes to the THAAD deployment.
Thae Yong-ho defected to South Korea in August last year.
Since the defection in 1997of Hwang Jang-yop,... who masterminded North Korea's governing ideology, Thae is by far the highest-ranking North Korean official to have defected to South Korea.
Park Ji-won, Arirang News.


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