Kim Kwang Sop, the son-in-law of the late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung and long-time DPRK ambassador to Austria, is leaving his post, a statement by a UN agency this week revealed, following reports by South Korean intelligence last month that he had been recalled home.

Kim, who also served as the DPRK’s permanent representative to the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) in Vienna, met with that agency’s director general on Tuesday for a “farewell” meeting, a statement by the organization said.

Kim had served since 1993 as North Korea’s ambassador to Austria, and was known as an active