Monument to Party Foundation Pyongyang North Korea by Eric Lafforgue on 2008-04-13 11:38:50
A senior colonel of North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau defected to South Korea last year, South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense revealed Monday.
A spokesperson for the MND confirmed the defection in a press briefing in Seoul, but said they could not reveal personal information or concrete details. The spokesperson also could not reveal the time and method of the defection.
A senior colonel of North Korea’s Reconnaissance General Bureau defected to South Korea last year, South Korea’s Ministry of National Defense revealed Monday.
A spokesperson for the MND confirmed the defection in a press briefing in Seoul, but said they could not reveal personal information or concrete details. The spokesperson also could not reveal the time and method of the defection.
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John G. Grisafi
John G. Grisafi is an analyst and Korean linguist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Having previously worked as an analyst for the United States Army in South Korea and studied Korean at the Defense Language Institute, he is now majoring in East Asian Languages & Civilization and History at the University of Pennsylvania.