Last embassy from EU country shuts down in Pyongyang, say sources

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Last embassy from EU country shuts down in Pyongyang, say sources

Romanian Embassy in Pyongyang closes down after last two foreign embassy workers exit country

Chad O'Carroll October 10, 2021

Last embassy from EU country shuts down in Pyongyang, say sources

NK News (file) | The Yalu River marking the DPRK-China border, June 2016

Update: This article was revised on Oct. 14 to include a statement from the Romanian foreign ministry

The Romania embassy in Pyongyang closed on Saturday, informed sources told NK News, after the last two of its officials left the DPRK with a group of other foreigners across the land border into China.

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Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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