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The federal government introduced that the variety of defections by high-ranking North Korean officers dispatched abroad are on the rise.
The Unification Ministry stated in an announcement on Thursday that, whereas it can’t disclose the main points of the high-ranking defectors resulting from security issues, authorities are constantly monitoring their rising development.
The briefing added that the occupations of the high-ranking defectors differ, starting from diplomats, medical doctors to worldwide college students.
In keeping with the ministry, the variety of North Korean defectors labeled by the Nationwide Intelligence Service(NIS) as being beneath ‘unique safety’ from July 1997 to the primary half of this 12 months stands at 188.
Defectors beneath such ‘unique safety’ embody diplomats, army personnel, covert operatives, or high-ranking authorities officers and are outlined by the NIS as these “who’re more likely to have a major affect on nationwide safety”.
