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Newshour: 11/10/2021 13:06 GMT: A high-profile North Korean defector speaks

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11/10/2021 13:06 GMT

11/10/2021 13:06 GMT: A high-profile North Korean defector speaks

A high-profile North Korean defector speaks

BBC World Service - Newshour, A high-profile North Korean defector speaks

Former colonel describes Pyongyang's drugs and arms deals

Former colonel describes Pyongyang's drugs and arms deals.

Kim Kuk-song rose to the top ranks of North Korea's powerful spy agencies, and he's now spoken to the BBC about his life before he defected. Also on the programme: the trial has started in Burkina Faso of 14 men accused of involvement in the murder of the former leader, Thomas Sankara; and Maori leaders in New Zealand warn that lifting the long Covid lockdown too soon could have devastating consequences.

(Picture: In a 30-year career, Kim Kuk-song rose to the top ranks of North Korea's powerful spy agencies      Credit: BBC)

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