List of diplomatic missions of North Korea

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This is a list of diplomatic missions of North Korea.

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In the Cold War era its foreign policy was focused on the Soviet bloc countries, while it actively courted allies in the developing world. This was more out of political necessity, as North Korea competed with South Korea for diplomatic recognition. Eventually countries began recognizing both governments on the Korean Peninsula, and North Korea's missions in the developing world are more concerned with running aid programs and maintaining political mileage than obtaining any economic benefits.

Current missions

Africa

Host countryHost cityMissionRef.
Flag of Algeria.svg  Algeria Algiers Embassy [1]
Flag of Egypt.svg  Egypt Cairo Embassy [2]
Flag of Equatorial Guinea.svg  Equatorial Guinea Malabo Embassy [3]
Flag of Ethiopia.svg  Ethiopia Addis Ababa Embassy [4]
Flag of Nigeria.svg  Nigeria Abuja Embassy [5]
Flag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Pretoria Embassy [6]
Flag of Tanzania.svg  Tanzania Dar es Salaam Embassy [7]

Americas

Host countryHost cityMissionRef.
Flag of Brazil.svg  Brazil Brasília Embassy [8]
Flag of Cuba.svg  Cuba Havana Embassy [9]
Flag of Mexico.svg  Mexico Mexico City Embassy [10]
Flag of Venezuela.svg  Venezuela Caracas Embassy [11]

Asia

Host countryHost cityMissionRef.
Flag of Cambodia.svg  Cambodia Phnom Penh Embassy [12]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Beijing Embassy [13]
Shenyang Consulate General [14]
Dandong Consular Office [15]
Flag of India.svg  India New Delhi Embassy [16]
Flag of Indonesia.svg  Indonesia Jakarta Embassy [17]
Flag of Iran.svg  Iran Tehran Embassy [18]
Flag of Japan.svg  Japan Tokyo General Association
Flag of Kuwait.svg  Kuwait Kuwait City Embassy [19]
Flag of Laos.svg  Laos Vientiane Embassy [20]
Flag of Mongolia.svg  Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Embassy [21]
Flag of Myanmar.svg  Myanmar Yangon Embassy [22]
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Islamabad Embassy [23]
Karachi Consulate General [24]
Flag of Singapore.svg  Singapore Singapore Embassy [25]
Flag of Syria.svg  Syria Damascus Embassy [26]
Flag of Thailand.svg  Thailand Bangkok Embassy [27]
Flag of Vietnam.svg  Vietnam Hanoi Embassy [28]

Europe

Host countryHost cityMissionRef.
Flag of Austria.svg  Austria Vienna Embassy [29]
Flag of Belarus.svg  Belarus Minsk Embassy
Flag of Bulgaria.svg  Bulgaria Sofia Embassy [30]
Flag of the Czech Republic.svg  Czechia Prague Embassy [31]
Flag of Germany.svg  Germany Berlin Embassy [32]
Flag of Italy.svg  Italy Rome Embassy [33] [34]
Flag of Poland.svg  Poland Warsaw Embassy [35]
Flag of Romania.svg  Romania Bucharest Embassy [36]
Flag of Russia.svg  Russia Moscow Embassy [37]
Vladivostok Consulate General [38]
Khabarovsk Consular Office [39] [40]
Flag of Sweden.svg  Sweden Stockholm Embassy [41]
Flag of Switzerland (Pantone).svg   Switzerland Bern Embassy [42]
Flag of the United Kingdom.svg  United Kingdom London Embassy [43]

Multilateral organizations

OrganizationHost cityHost countryMissionRef.
Flag of the United Nations.svg  United Nations New York City United States Permanent Mission
Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission
Flag of UNESCO.svg  UNESCO Paris France Permanent Mission [44]

Closed missions

Africa

Host countryHost cityMission levelYear closedRef.
Flag of Angola.svg  Angola Luanda Embassy2023 [45]
Flag of Benin.svg  Benin Cotonou Embassy1993 [46]
Flag of Cameroon.svg  Cameroon Yaoundé Embassy1995 [46]
Flag of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.svg  Congo-Kinshasa Kinshasa Embassy2023 [47]
Flag of Gabon.svg  Gabon Libreville Embassy [48]
Flag of Ghana.svg  Ghana Accra Embassy1998 [46]
Flag of Guinea.svg  Guinea Conakry Embassy2023 [49]
Flag of Libya.svg  Libya Tripoli Embassy2024 [50]
Flag of Madagascar.svg  Madagascar Antananarivo Embassy2002 [51]
Flag of Mali.svg  Mali Bamako Embassy1998 [46]
Flag of Mozambique.svg  Mozambique Maputo Embassy1995 [46]
Flag of Namibia.svg  Namibia Windhoek Embassy1994 [52]
Flag of Senegal.svg  Senegal Dakar Embassy2023 [53]
Flag of Togo (3-2).svg  Togo Lomé Embassy1998 [46]
Flag of Tunisia.svg  Tunisia Tunis Embassy1995 [46]
Flag of Uganda.svg  Uganda Kampala Embassy2023 [54]
Flag of Zambia.svg  Zambia Lusaka Embassy1995 [46]
Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe Harare Embassy1998 [46]

Americas

Host countryHost cityMission levelYear closedRef.
Flag of Argentina.svg  Argentina Buenos Aires Embassy1977 [55]
Flag of Chile.svg  Chile Santiago de Chile Embassy1973 [56]
Flag of Jamaica.svg  Jamaica Kingston Embassy1993 [46]
Flag of Nicaragua.svg  Nicaragua Managua Embassy1995 [46]
Flag of Peru.svg  Peru Lima Embassy 2017 [57] [58]

Asia

Host countryHost cityMission levelYear closedRef.
Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh Dhaka Embassy 2023 [59]
Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg  China Hong Kong Consulate General2023 [60]
Flag of Kazakhstan.svg  Kazakhstan Astana Embassy1998 [61] [62]
Flag of Jordan.svg  Jordan Amman Embassy1998 [46]
Flag of Malaysia.svg  Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Embassy2021 [63]
Flag of Nepal.svg    Nepal Kathmandu Embassy2023 [64]
Flag of Uzbekistan.svg  Uzbekistan Tashkent Embassy2016 [61] [65]

Europe

Host countryHost cityMission levelYear closedRef.
Flag of Denmark.svg  Denmark Copenhagen Embassy1998 [46]
Flag of Finland.svg  Finland Helsinki Embassy1998 [46]
Flag of Hungary.svg  Hungary Budapest Embassy1995 [46]
Flag of Norway.svg  Norway Oslo Embassy1976 [66] [67]
Flag of Portugal.svg  Portugal Lisbon Embassy1995 [46]
Flag of Spain.svg  Spain Madrid Embassy 2023 [68]
Flag of Ukraine.svg  Ukraine Kyiv Embassy1998 [46]

Oceania

Host countryHost cityMission levelYear closedRef.
Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Canberra Embassy2008 [69]

See also

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