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