Happenings in North Korea
The
World Tribune is reporting:
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Top general's son defected to U.S. base in Japan, then disappeared
The only son of one of North Korea's top generals has defected with his family and is in the hands of U.S. intelligence officials, according to secret reports from the Japan Defense Agency.
bq. U.S. officials in Seoul are denying any knowledge of the defection.
bq. A Japan Defense Agency operative in the North Korean industrial port of Chongjin reportedly saw Oh Se-Uk, who holds the rank of brigadier general, board a speedboat with a group of Koreans of Japanese ancestry who had earned the trust of North Korean authorities.
bq. According to the report from the Japan Defense Agency, Oh, his wife and other family members were transferred in international waters to another boat that took them to the huge U.S. Navy base at Yokosuka, south of Tokyo, the center of U.S. naval activity in Asia.
Starting to crumble. We already heard about the pictures of K.J. Il being taken down from public display. Wonder what is happening over there...
Posted by DaveH at December 15, 2004 4:38 PM