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List of diplomatic missions of North Korea

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This is a list of diplomatic missions of North Korea.

North Korea (red) and its diplomatic missions (blue)

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

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Africa

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Host country Host city Mission Ref.
  Algeria Algiers Embassy [1]
  Egypt Cairo Embassy [2]
  Equatorial Guinea Malabo Embassy [3]
  Ethiopia Addis Ababa Embassy [4]
  Nigeria Abuja Embassy [5]
  South Africa Pretoria Embassy [6]
  Tanzania Dar es Salaam Embassy [7]

Americas

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  Brazil Brasília Embassy [8]
  Cuba Havana Embassy [9]
  Mexico Mexico City Embassy [10]
  Venezuela Caracas Embassy [11]

Asia

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Host country Host city Mission Ref.
  Cambodia Phnom Penh Embassy [12]
  China Beijing Embassy [13]
Shenyang Consulate General [14]
Dandong Consular Office [15]
  India New Delhi Embassy [16]
  Indonesia Jakarta Embassy [17]
  Iran Tehran Embassy [18]
  Japan Tokyo Chongryon
  Kuwait Kuwait City Embassy [19]
  Laos Vientiane Embassy [20]
  Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Embassy [21]
  Myanmar Yangon Embassy [22]
  Pakistan Islamabad Embassy [23]
Karachi Consulate General [24]
  Singapore Singapore Embassy [25]
  Syria Damascus Embassy [26]
  Thailand Bangkok Embassy [27]
  Vietnam Hanoi Embassy [28]

Europe

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Host country Host city Mission Ref.
  Austria Vienna Embassy [29]
  Belarus Minsk Embassy
  Bulgaria Sofia Embassy [30]
  Czechia Prague Embassy [31]
  Germany Berlin Embassy [32]
  Italy Rome Embassy [33]
  Poland Warsaw Embassy [34]
  Romania Bucharest Embassy [35]
  Russia Moscow Embassy [36]
Nakhodka Consulate General [37]
Khabarovsk Consular Office [38][39]
  Sweden Stockholm Embassy [40]
   Switzerland Bern Embassy [41]
  United Kingdom London Embassy [42]

Multilateral organizations

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Organization Host city Host country Mission Ref.
  United Nations New York City United States Permanent Mission
Geneva Switzerland Permanent Mission
  UNESCO Paris France Permanent Mission [43]
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Closed missions

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Africa

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Host country Host city Mission level Year closed Ref.
  Angola Luanda Embassy 2023 [44]
  Benin Cotonou Embassy 1993 [45]
  Cameroon Yaoundé Embassy 1995 [45]
  DRC Kinshasa Embassy 2023 [46]
  Gabon Libreville Embassy [47]
  Ghana Accra Embassy 1998 [45]
  Guinea Conakry Embassy 2023 [48]
  Libya Tripoli Embassy 2024 [49]
  Madagascar Antananarivo Embassy 2002 [50]
  Mali Bamako Embassy 1998 [45]
  Mozambique Maputo Embassy 1995 [45]
  Namibia Windhoek Embassy 1994 [51]
  Senegal Dakar Embassy 2023 [52]
  Togo Lomé Embassy 1998 [45]
  Tunisia Tunis Embassy 1995 [45]
  Uganda Kampala Embassy 2023 [53]
  Zambia Lusaka Embassy 1995 [45]
  Zimbabwe Harare Embassy 1998 [45]

Americas

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Host country Host city Mission level Year closed Ref.
  Argentina Buenos Aires Embassy 1977 [54]
  Chile Santiago de Chile Embassy 1973 [55]
  Jamaica Kingston Embassy 1993 [45]
  Nicaragua Managua Embassy 1995 [45]
  Peru Lima Embassy 2017 [56][57]

Asia

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Host country Host city Mission level Year closed Ref.
  Bangladesh Dhaka Embassy 2023 [58]
  China Hong Kong Consulate General 2023 [59]
  Kazakhstan Astana Embassy 1998 [60][61]
  Jordan Amman Embassy 1998 [45]
  Malaysia Kuala Lumpur Embassy 2021 [62]
    Nepal Kathmandu Embassy 2023 [63]
  Uzbekistan Tashkent Embassy 2016 [60][64]

Europe

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Host country Host city Mission level Year closed Ref.
  Denmark Copenhagen Embassy 1998 [45]
  Finland Helsinki Embassy 1998 [45]
  Hungary Budapest Embassy 1995 [45]
  Norway Oslo Embassy 1976 [65][66]
  Portugal Lisbon Embassy 1995 [45]
  Spain Madrid Embassy 2023 [67]
  Ukraine Kyiv Embassy 1998 [45]

Oceania

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Host country Host city Mission level Year closed Ref.
  Australia Canberra Embassy 2008 [68]

See also

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References

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