What is Thae Yong-ho?
{{family name hatnote|[[Tae (Korean name)|Thae]]||lang=Korean}} [[File:Thae Yong-ho (Cropped).png|thumb|200px|Thae at the [[US Capitol]] in 2017]] '''Thae Yong-ho''' ({{korean|태영호|太永浩}}; born 25 July 1962), also known as '''Tae Ku-min''' ({{korean|태구민|太救民}}), is a [[North Korea]]n-born [[South Korea]]n politician and former diplomat. He became North Korea's deputy ambassador to the [[United Kingdom]] in 2006. He [[North Korean defectors|defected]] with his family to South Korea in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-08-18/top-london-based-north-korea-diplomat-defects-to-south/7761146|publisher=[[Australian Broadcasting Corporation]]|date=18 August 2016|access-date=13 May 2021|title=North Korea's deputy ambassador to Britain defects to South Korea}}</ref> Thae has been called highest-ranking North Korean official to defect. He is a member of the [[People Power Party (South Korea)|People Power Party]]. He has served as a member of the [[National Assembly (South Korea)|National Assembly]] for the [[Gangnam district]] of [[Seoul]] since 2020. Thae was born in [[Pyongyang]]. He is married to O Hye-son and has two sons. ==References== {{reflist}} ==Other websites== *{{Official website|https://thaeyongho.com/en/welcome-to-my-blog-2/}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Thae, Yong-ho}} [[Category:1962 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:South Korean diplomats]] [[Category:North Korean politicians]] [[Category:People from Pyongyang]] [[Category:South Korean politicians]] {{bio-stub}}