N. Korean diplomat told daughter to 'come find freedom', says report

In this Nov. 16, 2018, file photo, South Korean army soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence in Paju, South Korea, near the border with North Korea. A North Korean diplomat who served as the country's acting ambassador to Kuwait has defected to South Korea, according to South Korean lawmakers who were briefed by Seoul's spy agency recently. - AP

SEOUL, Feb 1 (AFP): A senior North Korean diplomat who was acting ambassador to Kuwait told his daughter they were going to defect to the South while pretending to drive her to school, Ryu Hyun-woo told media on Monday.

"Come with Mom and Dad to find freedom," Ryu recalled telling his daughter in an interview with CNN.