March 28, 2024
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Defector turned newspaper proprietor plans infiltration in his home country

Kim Joo Il claims he is the first North Korean defector to have raised human rights issues directly to a member of the country’s leadership.

In 2011, Kim met Korean Workers Party politburo member and chairman of the Supreme People’s Assembly Choe Thae Bok by arrangement of the British government.

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