Mun Jong-nam

Mun Jong-nam is a North Korean diplomat and official, currently serving as North Korea’s Ambassador to Syria. He has served abroad in Thailand, Italy and Syria.

In this Korean name, the family name is Mun.
Mun Jong-nam
North Korea Ambassador to Syria
Assumed office
30 May 2018
LeaderKim Jong-un
North Korea Ambassador to Italy
In office
28 August 2017 – 1 October 2017
LeaderKim Jong-un
Personal details
Nationality North Korea
OccupationDiplomat
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
문정남[1]
Revised RomanizationMun Jeong-nam
McCune–ReischauerMun Chŏng-nam

Career

Mun Jong-nam is a long-time foreign ministry official.[2] He served in the international organization bureau at the North Korean foreign ministry.[3] He has also served as an official in the World Food Programme National Coordination Committee at Pyongyang.[4]

Mun has served in North Korea's embassy in Thailand.[3]

In July 2017 Mun was nominated to be the new ambassador to Rome, after the post had been vacant for over a year according to South Korean sources.[2] His predecessor Kim Chun-guk had died of liver cancer.[3] However, Italy demanded on 1 October as a retaliation for North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile tests that he should leave the country. Mun had started working in Italy but had not finished the accreditation process.[2] Italy had earlier approved his nomination.[5] Mun had been in Rome for about a month, as he had assumed the post on 28 August.[6][5]

Mun is the current North Korean ambassador to Syria.[7][8] He presented his credentials on 30 May 2018 in Damascus.[9] During the ceremony, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is said by KCNA to have proclaimed that he will visit North Korea and meet with leader Kim Jong-un.[7][8][9]

Works

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References
  1. 수리아주재 조선대사 문정남 임명 (in Korean). Pyongyang. Korean Central News Agency. 3 May 2018.
  2. "Italy orders North Korea ambassador home over missiles". The Guardian. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  3. "New N.K. envoy to take office in Italy after long vacancy". Yonhap News Agency. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  4. "VERIFICATION OF THE ADOPTED DECISIONS AND RECOMMENDATIONS". World Food Programme. June 2010. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  5. "Italy becomes latest country to expel North Korean ambassador". The Hankyoreh. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  6. Fifield, Anna (1 October 2017). "Italy becomes fifth country to expel North Korean ambassador". The Washington Post. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  7. "Syria's Assad to become first head of state to meet Kim Jong-un in North Korea: KCNA". The Times of India. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  8. "Syria's Bashar al-Assad to visit North Korea". Al Jazeera. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
  9. "Syrian president to visit DPRK: KCNA". Xinhua. 3 June 2018. Retrieved 3 June 2018.
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