Fresh off the boat: A diplomat’s first impressions of Pyongyang

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Fresh off the boat: A diplomat’s first impressions of Pyongyang

Martina Åberg Somogyi has been stationed at the Swedish embassy in Pyongyang since August

Jojje Olsson January 3, 2017

Fresh off the boat: A diplomat’s first impressions of Pyongyang

"Main compound” in the Munsu-dong Diplomatic Compound, Pyongyang. Photo: Martina Åberg Somogyi

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.

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Jojje Olsson

Jojje Olsson is a Swedish writer who took his journalism degree at the University of Hong Kong and has been living in China since 2007. He currently works as a correspondent for Swedish magazine Fokus based in Taipei, and have published three books about China.

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