North Korea Reports Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son-gyong's Attendance at UN General Assembly

North Korea officially confirmed on Wednesday, September 23, that Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son-gyong will attend the United Nations General Assembly held at the UN headquarters in New York.

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported today that "a delegation of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea led by Comrade Kim Son-gyong, vice minister of foreign affairs, departed Pyongyang on September 22 to participate in the 81st session of the UN General Assembly."

The news agency added that "officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs saw them off at Pyongyang International Airport."

Vice Minister Kim is reportedly scheduled to take the podium on the morning of September 28, the final day of the high-level UN General Assembly meeting.

Kim also attended the UN General Assembly last year, emphasizing the regime's refusal to denuclearize during a General Debate speech, stating, "We will never lay down our nuclear weapons, and under no circumstances will we retract this position."

For six years from 2019 to 2024—following the "no-deal" summit in Hanoi between the leaders of North Korea and the United States during the first Trump administration—North Korea did not dispatch high-level officials, with Kim Song, the North Korean ambassador to the UN, delivering the speeches at the UN General Assembly instead.
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