April 18, 2024
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Former ambassador to Bangladesh becomes vice FM

North Korea appoints Sin Hong Chol new vice minister of foreign affairs

North Korea has appointed Sin Hong Chol a vice minister of foreign affairs, the Korean Central News Agency revealed Wednesday.

Sin, a former ambassador, became a vice minister in the DPRK’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs some time before Wednesday, when he attended a reception by Cuban Ambassador to the DPRK German Hermin Ferras Alvarez at the Cuban embassy in Pyongyang.

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