US President Donald Trump welcomed six North Korean defectors to the Oval Office on Friday, a high profile and potentially provocative show of support.
The group — whose stories Trump described as “incredible and truly inspirational” — included a banker with knowledge of the regime’s overseas operations, a former political prisoner and amputee Ji Seong-ho.
Seong-ho escaped from North Korea in 2006 and was given a place of honour just seats away from First lady Melania Trump at Tuesday’s State of the Union address.