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Anton Sokolin
Anton Sokolin is the data correspondent at NK News. He previously worked at Reuters, TASS and the Korea Trade Promotion Corporation (KOTRA).
North Korea’s top envoy to China for more than a decade returned home late last month, according to Seoul’s foreign ministry, after he was marooned in Beijing for more than two years despite leaving his post.
DPRK flag carrier Air Koryo operated multiple flights from Aug. 22 to and from Beijing, and one of the flights carried former Ambassador Ji Jae Ryong, the foreign ministry told NK News on Tuesday.