April 23, 2024
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Ri Yong Man, long-time North Korean cultural diplomat, passes away

Artists pay tribute to DPRK official's "towering contribution" to cultural exchange

It is with great surprise and even greater sorrow that we learn that our dearest friend, close collaborator, senior coordinator of our visits and cultural exchanges with the DPRK, and fellow nolsae Mr. Ri Yong Man has passed away from cancer in January this year.

Our most heartfelt condolences go out to all of his near and dear ones, especially to his wife as well as his daughter—the apple of his eye—for whom his boundless fatherly love and pride was for everyone to see.

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