defector
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Former Labour MP and Brexit campaigner Baroness Kate Hoey, who has sat as a non-affiliated peer since 2020, is among those rumoured to be a possible defector.
From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026
"They pleaded with the interviewer to promise she would return to bring them to the South," said Jang, himself a North Korean defector.
From Barron's • Nov. 2, 2025
The case, which will be filed on Friday, marks the first time a North Korean-born defector is taking legal action against the regime, said a South Korea-based rights group assisting Ms Choi.
From BBC • Jul. 10, 2025
Dick’s characters appear and disappear amid a nearly incomprehensible plot about a Nazi defector who tries to warn the Japanese of an impending German attack.
From Salon • May 17, 2025
Hoover's FBI men stealthily scoured the nation for Soviet spies; the FBI director was not eager to risk tipping off his suspects by exposing Bentley as a defector.
From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau
