North Korea: Diplomat who defected to South Korea a 'criminal'

August 21, 2016 10:54

North Korea said its diplomat who recently defected to South Korea is a "criminal" who had been under investigation for "intentionally leaking secrets, embezzling state property" and a "sex offense."

The comments were reported Saturday by the state-run news agency, KCNA.

Thae Yong Ho, the deputy ambassador of the North Korean Embassy in the United Kingdom, recently defected to South Korea with his wife and children, the South Korean Unification Ministry said this week.

It is the highest-level diplomatic defection from North to South Korea in history.

North Korea accused the UK of handing over Thae to South Korea and "instigating the fight" between North Korea and South Korea.

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