North Korea recently filled its long-vacant role of ambassador to Moscow with foreign ministry veteran Sin Hong Chol, the TASS news agency reported late Wednesday.

Sin enters the role having served as vice minister with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MFA) since 2014, according to TASS, during which he led and joined delegations to Russia and hosted top Russian officials in Pyongyang. 

He replaces former Ambassador to Russia Kim Hyong Jun, who became the head of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) top foreign affairs department last month after leaving Moscow in early summer 2019.

Jin Jong Hyop