韓聯社 朝鮮召喚其外交官子女回國

South Korea's Yonhap news agency says it has learned from intelligence sources that North Korea has recently ordered the adult children of its overseas diplomats to return home.

韓聯社說，它從情報來源處獲悉，朝鮮最近下令其所有海外外交官的成年子女回國。

The sources say officials with South Korea's spy agency, the National Intelligence Service, told a parliamentary oversight committee in a closed door session that Pyongyang issued the return order for all diplomats' children 25 years old and older , as part of an apparent effort to stop potential defections.

消息人士說，韓國情報機構“國家情報院”的官員在一個閉門會議上對一個國會監督委員會說，平壤頒佈了一道命令，要求所有年齡在25歲及以上的外交官子女回國，很明顯這是爲了阻止有可能出現的叛逃的措施之一。

But a parliamentary source told Yonhap it is believed the order did not directly cause the recent defection of Thae Yong Ho, North Korea's second ranking official in Britain. The source says it is likely that Thae "had been seeking a chance to leave for some time."

但是，韓國國會的一位消息人士告訴韓聯社，據信該命令沒有直接導致韓國駐英國大使館二號人物太勇浩的投誠。該消息人士認爲，太勇浩很可能“伺機離開已經有一段時間了”。