Grim Picture of North Korea Is Being Sketched by Latest Diplomat To Defect
Kim Jong-un’s subjects ‘live in poverty’ and see ‘reunification with the South as the only way to secure a better future.’
Defector Ri Il-gyu recalled the execution of a top foreign ministry official “on charges of being a U.S. spy” two weeks before the failed summit between President Trump and Kim Jong-un (pictured here) at Hanoi in February 2019. Vietnam News Agency/Getty Images
