UPDATE: Chosun Ilbo's Thursday edition claimed that the Mr. A in the article below has already defected to Seoul not Tokyo.
Two high-ranking North Korean officials stationed in Beijing sought asylum at the Japanese embassy at the end of September, South Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo reported on Wednesday.
UPDATE: Chosun Ilbo's Thursday edition claimed that the Mr. A in the article below has already defected to Seoul not Tokyo.
Two high-ranking North Korean officials stationed in Beijing sought asylum at the Japanese embassy at the end of September, South Korean newspaper JoongAng Ilbo reported on Wednesday.
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