The Latest: Defector: Missing NKorean from prominent family

ROME (AP) — The Latest on the disappearance of a North Korean diplomat and his wife from Italy (all times local):
1 p.m.
A North Korean diplomat who defected to South Korea in 2016 says a fellow envoy who reportedly has gone into hiding in Italy came from a family of diplomats, with both his father and father-in-law serving as ambassadors.
Thae Yong Ho, a former minister at the North Korean Embassy in London who defected in 2016, said he worked with acting North Korean Ambassador to Italy