'Defector is human scum'

North Korea yesterday called a senior North Korean diplomat who recently defected to South Korea a criminal and “human scum,” in its first official response to the defection

Thae Yong Ho. Pic/AFP

Seoul: North Korea yesterday called a senior North Korean diplomat who recently defected to South Korea a criminal and “human scum,” in its first official response to the defection.

Thae Yong Ho. Pic/AFP

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The official Korean Central News Agency also accused Seoul of using the defection of Thae Yong Ho, formerly a minister at the North Korean Embassy in London, for propaganda aimed at insulting the North Korean leadership.

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