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A fact from Kim Kuk-song appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 3 December 2024 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that a senior colonel with 30 years' experience in North Korean intelligence agencies defected to South Korea in 2014?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2024/December. The nomination discussion and review may be seen at Template:Did you know nominations/Kim Kuk-song.

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The result was: promoted by Rjjiii talk 02:36, 22 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]

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... that a senior colonel with 30 years experience in North Korean intelligence agencies defected to South Korea in 2014?

Source: "Mr Kim spent 30 years working his way to the top ranks of North Korea's powerful spy agencies ... Now, the former senior colonel has decided to tell his story to the BBC ... He had to flee for his life in 2014, and since then he has been living in Seoul and working for South Korean intelligence." from: "Drugs, arms, and terror: A high-profile defector on Kim's North Korea". BBC News. 10 October 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2024.

ALT1: ... that a senior North Korean intelligence official was granted use of a Mercedes-Benz car by the sister of Kim Jong Il? Source: "In North Korea, he had lived in considerable luxury, even driving a Mercedes-Benz gifted to him by Kim Kyong-hui, Kim Jong-il’s sister and Jang’s wife." from: Lee, Dong-hoon; Park, Su-hyeon (22 September 2024). "Defector speaks out: How North Korea's diplomatic maneuvers could isolate South Korea". The Chosun Daily. Retrieved 10 November 2024.
Reviewed: Template:Did you know nominations/St John the Evangelist Church, Islington

Moved to mainspace by Dumelow (talk). Number of QPQs required: 1. Nominator has 903 past nominations.

Dumelow (talk) 19:11, 10 November 2024 (UTC).[reply]

General: Article is new enough and long enough
New enough: Long enough:

Policy: Article is sourced, neutral, and free of copyright problems
Adequate sourcing: Neutral: Free of copyright violations, plagiarism, and close paraphrasing:

Hook: Hook has been verified by provided inline citation
Cited: Interesting:

QPQ: Done.

Overall:

Earwig at 8.3% is negligible. Easy pass. Good article, if pretty short, though more than understandable given the subject. First hook is better than the second IMO, but I'll leave it to the promoter to decide. ThaesOfereode (talk) 03:01, 14 November 2024 (UTC)[reply]