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North Korean diplomat's defection to South Korea sparks fears for his family

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The Daily Star's FREE newsletter is spectacular! Sign up today for the best stories straight to your inboxA North Korean diplomat has defected to South Korea - sparking fears his family left behind are now in ‘danger’.Jo Song-gil, the acting ambassador to Italy who went missing with his wife in Rome in 2018, has been in South Korea since July last year.Jeon Hae-cheol, head of South Korea’s parliamentary intelligence committee and an MP, confirmed he ”arrived voluntarily” in 2019.He had wanted it kept secret as he was “concerned" for his relatives still in the North.It makes him the most senior defector since 1997.But there are now fears for his teenage daughter, who reportedly returned to the rogue state led by Kim Jong Un in February.

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