North Korea will not send vice foreign minister to upcoming Munich conference

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North Korea will not send vice foreign minister to upcoming Munich conference

Current coronavirus prevention measures by DPRK state preventing Kim Son Gyong from attending, NK News understands

Jeongmin Kim February 6, 2020

North Korea will not send vice foreign minister to upcoming Munich conference

North Korea will not be sending vice foreign minister Kim Son Gyong to next week's Munich Security Conference (MSC), a diplomatic source confirmed to NK News on Thursday.

The move quashes speculation that the DPRK would send Kim -- currently the DPRK's top diplomat dealing with Europe -- to the MSC, set to take place in the southern German city next week.

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Jeongmin Kim

Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau.

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