驻古巴的朝鲜外交官李日圭于 11 月叛逃至韩国，这是自 2016 年以来级别最高的外交官叛逃事件。 North Korean diplomat Ri Il Kyu, based in Cuba, defected to South Korea in November, marking the highest-ranking diplomatic defection since 2016.

据韩国国家情报院透露，一名驻古巴的朝鲜外交官于11月叛逃至韩国，这是自2016年以来朝鲜级别最高的外交官叛逃事件。 A North Korean diplomat based in Cuba defected to South Korea in November, according to South Korea's National Intelligence Service, making it the highest-ranking North Korean diplomatic defection since 2016. 这名外交官名叫李日圭，现年 52 岁，曾任朝鲜驻古巴大使馆参赞，据报道，他因对朝鲜政治体制感到失望而逃往韩国。 The diplomat, Ri Il Kyu, 52, was a counsellor at the North Korean embassy in Cuba and reportedly fled to the South due to disillusionment with North Korea's political system.