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A DIPLOMAT at the North Korean embassy in London is defecting, it has been reported.
The unnamed official, who works at the embassy of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) is said to have left his wife and children, according to the South Korean daily newspaper JoongAng Ilbo.
Based on an anonymous source, the paper reports: “A DPRK diplomat in London is going through procedures to seek asylum in a third country” — that is, neither North Korea nor Britain.
As the government quietly upgrades the role of Britain’s special forces, their growing global footprint and near-total exemption from democratic oversight should alarm us all, says ROGER McKENZIE
From anonymous surveys claiming Chinese students are spying on each other to a meltdown about the size of China’s London embassy, the evidence is everywhere that Britain is embracing full spectrum Sinophobia as the war clouds gather, writes CARLOS MARTINEZ