North Korea defection exposes pressure on Kim’s foreign networks

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The defection of a high-level North Korean diplomat represents an embarrassment for Kim Jong Un and exposes the mounting pressure on the country’s foreign missions to generate revenue for the regime, experts said.

Ryu Hyun Woo, North Korea’s former acting ambassador to Kuwait, escaped to Seoul in 2019, a South Korean newspaper reported this week.

Few details have been confirmed about the defection, including…