The Swedish embassy in North Korea is staffed by just two diplomats: ambassador Torkel Stiernlöf and the second secretary Martina Åberg Somogyi.

NK News got a chance to talk with Åberg Somogyi, who has been in Pyongyang since August this year, about daily work at the embassy as well as her personal experiences from living in the country.

Q: What are your tasks working as second secretary at the embassy? Describe a “normal working day,” if there is such a thing.

Given that we are an embassy with just two diplomats, both of us have to engage in most of