Pak Ui-chun

This is a Korean name; the family name is Pak.

Pak Ui-chun
Chosŏn'gŭl	박의춘^[1]
Hancha	朴義春^[2]
McCune–Reischauer	Pak Ŭich'un
Revised Romanization	Bak Eui-chun

Pak Ui-chun (born 1932?) is a North Korean diplomat and politician. He is the current Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Pak began his diplomatic career in 1972, and went on to serve as ambassador of North Korea to Algeria, Syria and Lebanon. From 1989 to 2007, he served as ambassador to Russia, before being appointed Foreign Affairs Minister upon the death in office of his predecessor Paek Nam-sun.^[3]

References

^ "박의춘 외무상 등 북한 고위 관료들 중국 방문", Voice of America, April 28, 2008
^ "駐러 北대사 `對北 제재는 `전쟁 선포` 간주`", Joins, January 13, 2003
^ "N Korea has new foreign minister", Agence France-Presse, May 19, 2007

External links

Pak Ui-chun's address to the 63rd session of the United Nations General Assembly, September 27, 2008

Foreign Ministers of North Korea

Pak Hon-yong • Nam Il • Park Sung-chul • Ho Dam • Kim Yong-nam • Paek Nam-sun • Kang Sok-ju (interim) • Pak Ui-chun

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