REPORTING FROM SEOUL -– North Korean leader Kim Jong Il's death has already had an unintended effect for the now-reeling regime: The elite class may be starting to defect and more are expected to follow, Korean media reported Saturday.
"Many ranking North Korean officials in China are refusing to return after being summoned to North Korea," said Do Hee-yun, secretary-general of a group that calls itself the Citizens' Coalition for Human Rights of Abductees and North Korean Refugees.
