North Korea diplomat defector says he was disenchanted with Kim regime

A sales assistant watches TV sets broadcasting a news report on Thae Yong Ho, North Korea's deputy ambassador in London, who has defected with his family to South Korea, in Seoul, South Korea, August 18, 2016. REUTERS/Kim Hong-Ji

SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea's former deputy ambassador to Britain said on Monday he defected to South Korea after becoming disenchanted with the North's regime under Kim Jong Un, a South Korean member of parliament said.

Thae Yong Ho became the highest-ranking North Korean diplomat to flee the isolated country when he defected to the South in August, in an embarrassing blow to the North.