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Ex-North Korea Diplomat Says Kim Has Caused Regime's 'Downfall'

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North Korea's highest-profile defector in years has criticized the ruling Kim dynasty for the country's diplomatic decline.

Ri Il-gyu , a high-ranking former political attaché, gave a scathing tell-all interview last month to South Korean news outlet The Chosun Daily .

The diplomat's remarks come amid heightened tensions on the Korean Peninsula following the North 's recent months -long spate of missile tests.

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77

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76

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formal

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English

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60

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