SEOUL – Choe Son Hui, director general of the North American department at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, has been promoted to a vice ministerial position, a U.S.-based news site reported Wednesday.
NK News, which provides news and analysis about North Korea, said the promotion was confirmed by a diplomatic note circulated to officials in Pyongyang last week.
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