A still image from a Korean Broadcasting System video taken on Feb 14, 2011 shows a man (centre) reported by the network to be Kim Jong-chol at an Eric Clapton concert in Singapore.
SEOUL (Reuters) - Two years ago, Thae Yong Ho, North Korea's former deputy ambassador in London, received an unexpected phone call from the ruling Workers' Party Central Committee in Pyongyang telling him to get ready to receive a very important e-mail.
"Please go to the Albert Hall and buy four tickets," said the cryptic message from a disposable e-mail address designed to throw off Western intelligence agencies.
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