Talk:Thae Yong-ho
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Family
edit[apparently he waited until his sons are in London and then defected] — Preceding unsigned comment added by 24.187.91.182 (talk) 07:47, 10 March 2017 (UTC)
Age
editThis New York Times story has his age as 55 as of 2016-08. I'm not quite sure how we can represent that, other than as date of birth "circa 1961"-- The Anome (talk) 15:19, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
The Oh family
editThis, stating that his wife is a relative of O Jung-hup, is also interesting, although I'm not sure it counts as a citable WP:RS. -- The Anome (talk) 15:49, 20 August 2016 (UTC)
Highest
editI came across the description of Thae Yong-ho as the 'highest-ranking' North Korean defector at this article and at Hwang Jang-yop. This appears to be incorrect, Hwang is unquestionably the most prominent defector; serving as head of DPRK's legislative assembly for more than a decade while Thae was simply a deputy ambassador. And going by the list of North Korean defectors in South Korea at least four North Korean ambassador's have defected. The "highest" label seems to be media sensationalism than actual fact, for this reason I have removed this labelling/description from both the articles. Gotitbro (talk) 02:32, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
- I agree completely. Good call, Gotitbro. – Finnusertop (talk ⋅ contribs) 14:11, 21 September 2022 (UTC)
Article title spelling?
editSpelling of his family name is inconsistent - Thae vs Tae. Which should we use? QueensanditsCrazy (talk) 03:07, 27 January 2024 (UTC)
Requested move 7 October 2024
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Thae Yong-ho → Tae Yong-ho – The article prose seems to flipflop back and forth between romanizing the subject's family name as "Tae" or "Thae". The article name is romanized as "Thae", but the lead paragraph and infobox romanizes it as "Tae", then "Thae" is reintroduced in the "career" paragraph, then it flips back to "Tae" in the "Personal life" section.
English language reliable sources have widely settled on "Tae": BBC, Associated Press, The Diplomat, The Korea Times, Taipei Times, Korea JoongAng Daily, Deutsche Welle, The Korea Herald, Newsweek, Washington Post, The Chosun Ilbo RachelTensions (talk) 09:13, 7 October 2024 (UTC)