N. Korea embassy official defects in Beijing: report
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By AFP 8 hours ago in World
A North Korean embassy official in Beijing has defected, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said Wednesday, while a separate report suggested two embassy staff had sought asylum with the Japanese mission there.
If confirmed, it would mark the latest in a recent series of high-profile North Korean defections that some observers see as a sign of growing instability within the leadership in Pyongyang.
Yonhap, quoting an anonymous source "familiar with Pyongyang affairs," said the official -- stationed in the Beijing embassy but attached to the North Korean Health Ministry -- had disappeared with his family in late September.
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