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.

This is a 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

See also

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