North Korean Diplomat Seeking Asylum In Italy
(WorldNews North Korea)

The acting North Korean ambassador to Rome applied for asylum to an unidentified country according to an anonymous diplomatic source in Seoul on Thursday. The latest high-profile defection came from Jo Song Gil, the acting North Korean ambassador to Rome, who applied for asylum with his family according to South Korea`s JoongAng Ilbo daily said, citing unnamed diplomatic sources in Seoul. `He sought asylum early last month,` the JoongAng quoted one source as saying. The official said Italian authorities were `agonizing` over how to proceed with the request, but they continued to protect him in a safe place. North Korea`s previous senior diplomatic defector was deputy ambassador to London...