North Korea’s envoy to Indonesia joined an annual conference of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) last week, where participants condemned Pyongyang’s latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launch.
Ambassador An Kwang Il participated in Friday’s minister-level meeting at the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in the absence of foreign minister Choe Son Hui, who did not attend as North Korea’s borders remain closed, official photos of the event show.
ASEAN has not revealed details of An’s activities at the closed-door meeting or whether he delivered remarks like at past events, but a day earlier ASEAN foreign ministers voiced concern