North Korean Diplomat Leaves UK to Seek Asylum in Another Country

A North Korean diplomat left the United Kingdom with his wife and a child to seek asylum in another country, a South Korean media reported Wednesday citing a well-informed source.

MOSCOW (Sputnik) — Over the recent years, the North Korean leadership has been repeatedly accused of human rights violations. In 2014, a UN Commission of Inquiry detailed wide-ranging human rights abuses in the country.

“The North Korean Embassy in Britain tried to find him, but it is said that it has failed,” the source told Korea JoongAng Daily, adding that the diplomat was in the process of “landing in a third country as an asylum seeker.”

According to the source, the diplomat was tasked with dealing with the international outcry over Pyongyang's alleged human rights violations.