North Korea closes more embassies

North Korean Embassy in Madrid (Photo: Yonhap).

According to the Daily Star , last week, North Korea closed its embassy in Dhaka, Bangladesh and announced that its diplomatic mission in India would take over related work.

The two countries established diplomatic relations in 1973. North Korea has sent four diplomats, including an ambassador, to its embassy in Bangladesh.

NK News , a news site specializing in North Korea, said Pyongyang is also preparing to close its embassy in Congo.

According to NK News , North Korea did not give a reason for closing the embassy and its diplomatic mission in Ethiopia will take over the duties.

Since establishing diplomatic relations with Congo in 1964, North Korea has maintained close ties with the African country, mainly through arms exports and gold mining, according to Yonhap .

The embassies in Bangladesh and Congo are the latest in a list of overseas diplomatic missions that Pyongyang has closed in recent months, including those in Angola, Hong Kong, Nepal, Spain and Uganda. North Korea has said the closures are part of an effort to improve the effectiveness of its diplomacy.

Earlier this month, North Korea said it would close and open new diplomatic missions “in accordance with the changed global environment and national diplomatic policy,” but did not specify which countries the plan would affect.

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