SEOUL: N. KOREAN DIPLOMAT IN LONDON DEFECTS

A North Korean diplomat stationed in the British capital defected to South Korea with his family, South Korean authorities said Wednesday.

Seoul’s Unification Ministry named the diplomat as Thae Yong Ho.

Jeong Joon Hee, a spokesman for the ministry, said Thae is the highest-level North Korean official to defect to the South.

Jeong said Thae was “sick and tired” of the regime of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, worried about his children’s future and yearned for a liberal and democratic country, according to The Guardian.