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People watch a TV showing an image of Jo Song Gil, the North Korea's former ambassador to Italy, during a news program at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, Oct. 7, 2020. Jo who had vanished in Italy in late 2018, lives in South Korea under government protection, a lawmaker said Wednesday. The Korean letters read: &quot;Who is the North Korean Jo Song Gil.&quot; (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

Lawmakers: North Korean ex-envoy to Italy defected to South

By HYUNG-JIN KIM - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 3, 2018 file photo, the flag of North Korea waves inside the compound of the North Korean embassy in Rome, Italy. South Korea's spy agency on Thursday, Aug. 1, 2019, has told lawmakers that a North Korean diplomat who went into hiding in Italy last year is now under protection outside the country. (Giuseppe Lami/ANSA via AP, File)

Seoul says hiding North Korean diplomat has left Italy

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FILE - In this April 27, 2018, file photo, a North Korean flag flutters in the wind atop a 160-meter tower in North Korea's village Gijungdongseen, as seen from the Taesungdong freedom village inside the demilitarized zone in Paju, South Korea. South Korea's spy agency on Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, has told lawmakers that North Korea's acting ambassador to Italy Jo Song Gil went into hiding with his wife in November. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man, File)

North Korean envoy to Italy vanishes _ did he defect?

By FRANCES D'EMILIO and KIM TONG-HYUNG - Associated Press

An external view of the North Korean embassy in Rome, Thursday, Jan. 3, 2018. North Korea's acting ambassador to Italy, Jo Song Gil, went into hiding with his wife in November, South Korea's spy agency told lawmakers in Seoul on Thursday. (AP Photo/Gianfranco Stara)

The Latest: Defector: Missing NKorean from prominent family

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