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| Wife, Children of N.Korea's Man in Shanghai Defect |
| 2009-04-04 |
| The wife and children of the North Korean trade representative in Shanghai have recently defected from the North to the South, it emerged Thursday. The woman, identified only as Ri, arrived in Seoul in early March through the South Korean Embassy in Singapore and is now going though questioning like other North Korean defectors, North Korean sources said. Ri reportedly sought protection at the embassy in Singapore in January while her husband was in Pyongyang for a meeting. She decided to defect to South Korea after a troubling incident two years ago when a junior official accused her husband of spying, sources said. Her defection route has not been independently confirmed. The North Korean trade commission in Shanghai was established after Kim Jong-il's visit to China in 2001 and its main task is to take care of North Korean businessmen and restaurants in Shanghai. |
| Posted by:Steve White |
| #1 She takes her kids and defects while hubby is back in Pyongyang. That certainly eliminates |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2009-04-04 00:57 |