{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","title":"Senior North Korean Military Officer Defects","description":"(SEOUL) — A colonel from North Korea's military spy agency fled to South Korea last year in an unusual case of a senior-level defection, Seoul officials said Monday.\n\nThe announcement came three days after Seoul revealed 13 North Koreans working at the same restaurant in a foreign country had defected to the South. It was the largest group defection since North Korea's young leader Kim Jong Un took power in late 2011.","author_name":"TIME's Top Stories","author_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/3380207-time-s-top-stories","provider_name":"Audioboom","provider_url":"https://audioboom.com","width":480,"height":95,"thumbnail_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/21035581/600x600/c","thumbnail_width":600,"thumbnail_height":600,"html":""}