North Korea–Switzerland relations

North Korea–Switzerland relations are foreign relations between North Korea and Switzerland. Switzerland has a cooperation office in the Taedonggang River District of Pyongyang, North Korea, while official diplomatic duties are performed by the Swiss embassy in Beijing, China.[1] North Korea maintains an embassy in Bern.[2]

North Korean-Swiss relations

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History

Switzerland was a member of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) upon the end of the Korean War. The two countries have had diplomatic relations since 1974.[3] Additionally, Switzerland has long been a mediator party in talks between the involved parties of the conflict in the Korean peninsula (North Korea, South Korea, China, Japan, Russia, and the United States) most recently with the 2017–18 North Korea crisis. Swiss President Doris Leuthard identified her country as being able to host such talks again in September 2017.[4]

North Korea's current leader, Kim Jong-un, is believed to have attended boarding school at the Liebefeld-Steinhölzli school in the late 1990s, having been registered under a pseudonym.[5]

gollark: In the modern day it's also [esoteric programming language social media account displaying non-threatening and ironic sense of humor as carefully crafted by giant PR team].
gollark: [picture of high-status person using esoteric programming languages]
gollark: Be high-status! Use esolangs!™
gollark: You're not going to actually *think* that, but it's the general process I think.
gollark: If you see an advert for something you don't really need or want much, you'll probably not pay much attention to that... until you happen to need a thing, and you'll remember the advert, and think "wow, I remember an advert showing high-status people using this product! To be high-status I must purchase this product as opposed to alternative products" and then be more likely to buy the advertised product.

References
  1. "Swiss representation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North)". www.eda.admin.ch. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  2. "Embassy of Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) in Switzerland". www.about.ch. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  3. "Bilateral relations Switzerland–Democratic People's Republic of Korea". www.eda.admin.ch. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  4. Nebehay, Stephanie. "Swiss ready to mediate in North Korea crisis". U.S. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
  5. "Kim Jong Un's hidden Swiss past offers a diplomatic lifeline". NewsComAu. Retrieved 2018-04-19.


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