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North Korean ambassador calls for dismantling of UN Command

Before the press conference began, a North Korean diplomat came around to take each journalist's name. A Japanese reporter asked, “Is this normal?”

By Matthew R. Lee, for NKNews

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea's Ambassador to the UN Sin Son-ho on Friday called for the dismantling of the decades old “UN Command” in South Korea. He quoted former UN Secretaries General Boutros Boutros Ghali and Kofi Annan that it is not really a “UN” force.

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