‘Purged’ N Korean diplomat appears in public

AFP, SEOUL: A veteran North Korean diplomat reportedly purged over the recent defection of the deputy ambassador to Britain has appeared in public—albeit without his former job title.
South Korea’s mass-circulation JoongAng Ilbo reported last week that vice foreign minister Kung Sok-Ung had been dismissed and expelled from Pyongyang to a rural farming area with his family.

 

Purged N Korean diplomat appears in public

AFP, SEOUL: A veteran North Korean diplomat reportedly purged over the recent defection of the deputy ambassador to Britain has appeared in publicalbeit without his former job title. South Koreas mass-circulation JoongAng Ilbo reported last week that vice foreign minister Kung Sok-Ung had been dismissed and expelled from Pyongyang to a rural farming area with his family.