Former N. Korean smuggler named ambassador to Italy

Yonhap 4/24/2007 A senior North Korean diplomat who was deported from Zimbabwe a decade and a half ago for smuggling rhino horns out of the country has been named the country’s new ambassador to Italy, according to the North’s official media Tuesday. In 1992, Han Tae-song, now a career diplomat in his mid-50s, was expelled … Continue reading Former N. Korean smuggler named ambassador to Italy