defector

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He told me they had welcomed a former Green councillor this week and would unveil a Labour defector next week.

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

During the interview, the pair also pleaded to be sent to the South, according to GNU chief Jang Se-yul, himself a North Korean defector who fled the isolated country in the 2000s.

From Barron's • Dec. 24, 2025

As a "settled defector" he also had his own say on what kind of security he wanted and he was clear that he did not want a new identity and a new life.

From BBC • Dec. 4, 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

And one of the best ways to find out about moles was by interrogating a high-level defector like Yurchenko.

From "Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia" by Marc Favreau