Ri Il-gyu, the former second-ranking North Korean diplomat in Cuba, on Tuesday publicly proposed strategies to destabilize ...

Ri Il-gyu, a former political counselor at the North Korean embassy in Cuba who defected last year, said in an interview with ...

Support us to deliver journalism without an agenda. When Ri Il Gyu, North Korea’s No.2 diplomat in Cuba, finally decided to flee to South Korea in frustration over his highly repressive ...

A TV screen shows a file image of Ri Il Kyu, a senior North Korea diplomat based in Cuba, during a news program at Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, July 16, 2024. South Korea ...

SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea’s spy agency said Tuesday that a senior North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has fled to South Korea, the latest defection by members of the North's ruling elite ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea’s spy agency said Tuesday that a senior North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has fled to South Korea, the latest in a series of defections by members of the ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — When Ri Il Gyu, North Korea's No. 2 diplomat in Cuba, finally decided to flee to South Korea in frustration over his highly repressive, corrupt homeland in November ...

North Korea on Thursday appointed a new top envoy to Cuba, nearly five months after its former ambassador left the Caribbean nation following the establishment of diplomatic ties between South Korea ...

FILE - A North Korean flag flutters in the wind atop a 160-meter (525-foot) tower in the North's Kijong-dong village near the truce village of Panmunjom in the Demilitarized Zone in Paju, South ...

South Korea’s spy agency said Tuesday, July 16, 2024, that a North Korea diplomat based in Cuba has defected to South Korea.(AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File) by: HYUNG-JIN KIM, Associated Press ...