{"id":"thae-yong-ho","name_en":"Thae Yong-ho","name_ko":"태영호","aliases":["Tae Yong-ho","Thae Hyong-sik"],"wikidata":"Q26299233","wikipedia":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thae_Yong-ho","image":{"src":"/img/people/thae-yong-ho.jpg","credit":"Zhang Wei, Voice of America （美国之音记者张伟拍摄） / Wikimedia Commons","license":"Public domain","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Thae_Yong-ho_(Cropped).png"},"born":{"date":"1961-07-25","place":"Pyongyang"},"died":null,"status":{"value":"defected","as_of":"2016-08-17","source_url":null},"gender":"male","rank":null,"roles":[{"title":"Member of the National Assembly of South Korea","org_id":null,"start":"2020-05-30","end":"2023-07-01","source_url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q26299233"},{"title":"Deputy Ambassador to the United Kingdom","org_id":"mfa","start":"2006-01-01","end":"2016-07-01","source_url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thae_Yong-ho"}],"family":[],"health":[],"physical":{"height_cm":null,"weight_kg":null},"sanctions":[],"summary":"Thae Yong-ho, also known by his pseudonym Tae Ku-min, is a North Korean-born South Korean politician and former diplomat who served as a member of the National Assembly for the Gangnam district of Seoul. After studying abroad in Beijing, China, for a decade, he became North Korea's deputy ambassador to the United Kingdom, prior to defecting with his family to South Korea in 2016.","summary_source":"wikipedia","notable":[{"claim":"Appointed Secretary-General of the Peaceful Unification Advisory Council by South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol in July 2024.","source_url":"https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20240718006200315","date":"2024-07-18"}],"tags":["defector","diplomat"],"family_resolved":[]}