North Korea appoints new ambassador to Iran

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North Korea appoints new ambassador to Iran

Diplomatic posting important due to Pyongyang, Tehran's history of close cooperation

John G. Grisafi December 19, 2014

North Korea appoints new ambassador to Iran

Composite from Wikimedia Commons

The Presidium of the Supreme People’s Assembly – North Korea’s rubber-stamp legislature – has appointed Kang Sam Hyon as the new DPRK ambassador to the Islamic Republic of Iran, the Korean Central News Agency reported Thursday.

Kang’s predecessor was Ambassador Jo In Chol, who held the post since May 2010.

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John G. Grisafi

John G. Grisafi is an analyst and Korean linguist from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Having previously worked as an analyst for the United States Army in South Korea and studied Korean at the Defense Language Institute, he is now majoring in East Asian Languages & Civilization and History at the University of Pennsylvania.

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