SEOUL: Korea said Wednesday that North Korea's deputy ambassador to Britain had defected to Seoul, in a rare and major loss of diplomatic face for Pyongyang.

The Unification Ministry said Thae Yong-Ho—the number-two at the North's mission in London—had defected together with his family and they were now in the South Korean capital.

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