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A high-profile North Korean defector speaks
Former colonel describes Pyongyang's drugs and arms deals.
Kim Kuk-song rose to the top ranks of North Korea's powerful spy agencies, and he's now spoken to the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ about his life before he defected. Also on the programme: the trial has started in Burkina Faso of 14 men accused of involvement in the murder of the former leader, Thomas Sankara; and Maori leaders in New Zealand warn that lifting the long Covid lockdown too soon could have devastating consequences.
(Picture: In a 30-year career, Kim Kuk-song rose to the top ranks of North Korea's powerful spy agencies Credit: ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½)
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