Before fleeing to the South, Ri Il-kyu, 52, was a counselor at the North Korean embassy in Cuba, major South Korean newspaper Chosun Ilbo says
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The South’s unification ministry, which handles inter-Korean affairs, declined to comment on the reports, citing privacy issues. “I bought flight tickets and called my wife and kid to tell them about my decision, six hours before the defection. I didn’t say South Korea, but said, let’s live abroad,” he said.
Last year, 196 North Korean defectors came to Seoul, down from as many as 2,700 a decade ago, South Korean government data showed. Most of those North Korean defectors who recently defected to the South are the ones who had long lived overseas, like the diplomat Ri, human rights activists say. Ri said he made a final decision to run when his request to travel to Mexico for a medical treatment was denied last year, adding that his parents and parents-in-law who might face reprisals for his defection had passed away.
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