Former member of North Korea’s elite details her decision to defect | South China Morning Post

Born into an elite North Korean family, Oh Hye-son opened up about her decision to defect in a February 14, 2023 interview. She and her husband, Thae Yong-ho, a former top Pyongyang diplomat, defected from the authoritarian hermit state in 2016. Oh says that she convinced her husband to defect after her family strug…

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