NPR: thae yong ho https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=490347465 thae yong ho en Copyright 2024 NPR - For Personal Use Only Story API Shim 1.2.24 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 03:05:26 -0400 https://media.npr.org/images/podcasts/primary/npr_generic_image_300.jpg?s=200 NPR: thae yong ho https://www.npr.org/tags/490347465/thae-yong-ho North Korean Defector: Information Flow Will Help Bring Down Kim Jong Un After defecting, the ex-diplomat told his sons: "You can go to the Internet, you can do Internet games whenever you like, you can read any books, watch any films." In North Korea, this was impossible. Thu, 26 Jan 2017 14:44:00 -0500 https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/01/26/511745886/north-korean-defector-information-flow-will-help-bring-down-kim-jong-un https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2017/01/26/511745886/north-korean-defector-information-flow-will-help-bring-down-kim-jong-un

After defecting, the ex-diplomat told his sons: "You can go to the Internet, you can do Internet games whenever you like, you can read any books, watch any films." In North Korea, this was impossible.

]]> Elise Hu What Does It Mean When A North Korean Diplomat Defects? Defections appear to be on the rise, but it's difficult to tell what that means about relations between North and South — or the stability of Kim Jong Un's regime. Sun, 28 Aug 2016 08:01:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/08/28/491456804/what-does-it-mean-when-a-north-korean-diplomat-defects https://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/08/28/491456804/what-does-it-mean-when-a-north-korean-diplomat-defects Defections appear to be on the rise, but it's difficult to tell what that means about relations between North and South — or the stability of Kim Jong Un's regime.

]]> Elise Hu Senior North Korean Diplomat Reportedly Defects To South Korea Thae Yong Ho, the No. 2 diplomat at North Korea's embassy in London, recently arrived in South Korea, according to officials in Seoul. He is said to be among the highest-ranking officials to defect. Wed, 17 Aug 2016 12:37:00 -0400 https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/17/490341500/senior-north-korean-diplomat-reportedly-defects-to-south-korea https://www.npr.org/sections/thetwo-way/2016/08/17/490341500/senior-north-korean-diplomat-reportedly-defects-to-south-korea Thae Yong Ho, the No. 2 diplomat at North Korea's embassy in London, recently arrived in South Korea, according to officials in Seoul. He is said to be among the highest-ranking officials to defect.

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