US ouster of Maduro nightmare scenario for Kim Jong Un, says ex-diplomat

SEOUL — The dramatic US operation that overthrew Venezuela’s Nicolas Maduro this month may have left North Korean leader Kim Jong Un feeling he was also vulnerable to “decapitation”, a former Pyongyang envoy to Havana told AFP. In a wide-ranging interview, Lee Il-kyu — who served as Pyongyang’s political counsellor in Cuba from 2019 until