Choe Hui Chol, a senior North Korean diplomat who has served as a Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs since January 2017, has been appointed the country's ambassador to India, state media reported this week.
In a dispatch on Monday carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), it was reported that Choe was appointed by "decree of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly."
Choe Hui Chol, a senior North Korean diplomat who has served as a Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs since January 2017, has been appointed the country's ambassador to India, state media reported this week.
In a dispatch on Monday carried by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), it was reported that Choe was appointed by "decree of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly."
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