North Korean and U.S. officials had different takes on their meeting Saturday in Sweden aimed at renewing negotiations over Pyongyang’s nuclear program. North Korea's chief negotiator said the ...

North Korea’s foreign minister is visiting Sweden, the first significant diplomatic move by Pyongyang since US President Donald Trump said a week ago that he’d be willing to meet North Korean ...

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho arrives at Beijing International Airport on his way to Sweden on March 15, 2018. Kyodo via Reuters March 15, 2018, 4:37 AM EDT / Updated March 15, 2018, 4: ...

But by opening an embassy in Pyongyang, Sweden and Mr Cornell had earned the dictatorship's trust. At the time it even helped act as an "intermediary between North Korea and the outside world".

Bengtsson arrived in Pyongyang in September, continuing Sweden's long-standing diplomatic relationship with North Korea, which dates back to 1973 when Sweden became the first Western nation to ...

Indeed, North Korea closed its embassy in Australia in 2008 citing “financial problems”. But the closures also may relate to the difficulty of continuing illegal activity abroad. North Korea has a ...

Thomas Schäfer was Germany's ambassador to North Korea in 2007-2010 and 2013-2018. When I started to work as Germany's ambassador in Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, in the summer of 2007, I ...

North Korea’s foreign minister is visiting Sweden, the first significant diplomatic move by Pyongyang since US President Donald Trump said a week ago that he’d be willing to meet North Korean ...