N. Korea to send ambassador to regional security forum

By Lee Chi-dong
SEOUL, July 16 (Yonhap) -- North Korea will send a five-member delegation, led by
a vice foreign minister-level ambassador, to the ASEAN Regional Forum opening
next week in Thailand, an official at the North Korean embassy in Bangkok said
Thursday.
"We already delivered the list of our delegates to the Thai government. Amb. Pak
Keun-gwang will lead our delegation, which will be composed of five officials,"
the official told Yonhap News Agency over the phone. "Foreign Minister Pak
Ui-chun will not come."
The embassy official refused to reveal his name or job title, only saying he is a
staff member at the embassy.
Amb. Pak Keun-gwang is a vice foreign minister-level official, he added.
lcd@yna.co.kr
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