外媒:朝鲜侦察总局二星中将于去年投诚韩国

Seoul said on last Monday a North Korean two-star general had defected to the South last year in a rare move by a such high-level military official.

上周一，韩国首尔方面宣布，一名朝鲜二星中将于去年投诚韩国。这样的行动在像这种职位的高层军官中是十分罕见的。

The army senior general had handled spy operations targeting South Korea at the North's General Bureau of Reconnaissance before arriving in Seoul, South Korea's Yonhap news agency said.

据韩国联合通讯社报道，这名军队高级将领在来到韩国首尔之前，在朝鲜侦察总局负责的是对韩间谍工作。

Unification and defence ministry spokesmen in Seoul confirmed the report but declined to elaborate on details including the official's name.

韩国联合防御部发言人在首尔确认了这篇报道的内容，但是并未透露该将领的姓名等细节。

"He is the highest-level military official to have ever defected to the South," said a Seoul government official quoted by Yonhap.

韩国联合通讯社援引政府官员的发言称：“他是有史以来投诚韩国的最高级别军官。”

"He is believed to have stated details about the bureau's operations against South Korea to the authorities here," said the unnamed official.

这位匿名官员表示：“据说他已经向韩国官方透露了该部门之前针对韩国的间谍活动细节。”

North Korea has condemned Seoul and Washington for spearheading a sanctions drive at the UN over its nuclear and missile programmes, while also lashing out at annual, large-scale military war games that South Korea and the US kicked off last month.

朝鲜已经针对韩美两国因核弹和导弹项目，而在联合国上带头发起对朝鲜制裁的行为进行了谴责。此外，朝鲜还猛烈抨击了韩美两国上月举行的一年一度的大规模军事演习。

Nearly 30,000 North Koreans have fled poverty and repression in the isolated North, despite risk of imprisonment and torture when caught, and settled in the South.

据悉，已经有近3万名朝鲜人民不顾被捕后会遭遇到监禁和凌虐的后果，毅然逃离了贫穷落后及充满压迫的朝鲜，选择在韩国定居。