North Korea appoints first female foreign minister
By DW
19 June 2022 |
2:15 pm
Career diplomat Choe Son Hui will represent North Korea on the international stage as Pyongyang pushes ahead with a series of sanctions-busting weapons tests and ignores US calls for talks.
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