defection
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They are likely under the custody of South Korea’s spy agency at the moment, the lawmaker added, which is customary for any North Korean defection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 28, 2026
The defection needed the group's approval and some Plaid MSs wanted assurances that Cooper-Lesadd fully understood what it meant to be a Plaid Cymru member.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
This was almost hilariously tawdry, but MI5 was beguiled by Lyalin’s many disclosures about KGB operatives in London, made as a way to prove that he was not faking his defection.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 20, 2026
The defection, just four months on from May's Senedd election, has raised fresh questions about the electoral process where voters were required to back a party rather than an individual.
From BBC ● Sep. 20, 2026
All three had written long, abject articles in the Times, analyzing the reasons for their defection and promising to make amends.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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