A North Korean Diplomat Managed a Rare Defection: A Flight Out of Cuba The Wall Street JournalNorth Korean Diplomat Defects to the South, Shares News of Political Purge The New York TimesKim Jong Un’s North Korea Dealt Blow As Senior Official Defects to South NewsweekSenior North Korean Diplomat Based in Cuba Defects to the South BloombergNorth Korea diplomat flees to South in highest ranking envoy defection since 2016 The Guardian