North Korean Defector Becomes First To Win South Korea Parliamentary Thae yong ho has become the first ever north korean defector to win a constituency seat in south korea. mr thae was once north korea's deputy ambassador to the uk, but defected in 2016 with his. Thae yong ho, center, former north korean diplomat, who defected to south korea in 2016 and a candidate of the main opposition united future party, reacts after he was certain to secure victory in.
North Korean Defector Wins Parliament Seat In South Korea Park choong kwon, 37, defected to south korea in 2009 after graduating from university where he worked on building the north's nuclear missiles. as a young man, park choong kwon helped build the. Thae, who had worked in south korea as a foreign policy expert before launching a bid for parliament in february, is the first north korean refugee to become a lawmaker representing a constituency. Published 11:51 pm pdt, april 15, 2020. seoul, south korea (ap) — a former senior north korean diplomat won a constituency seat in south korea’s parliamentary elections, the first such achievement among tens of thousands of north koreans who have fled their authoritarian, impoverished homeland. thae yong ho, a former minister at the north. Seoul (reuters) a former north korean diplomat has won a parliamentary seat in south korea's swankiest district, four years after fleeing a london embassy and defecting to the south. read more.
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