Mun Jong-nam


Mun Jong-nam is a North Korean diplomat and official, currently serving as North Korea’s Ambassador to Syria. He has served abroad in Thailand, Italy and Syria.

Career

Mun Jong-nam is a long-time foreign ministry official. He served in the international organization bureau at the North Korean foreign ministry. He has also served as an official in the World Food Programme National Coordination Committee at Pyongyang.
Mun has served in North Korea's embassy in Thailand.
In July 2017 Mun was nominated to be the new ambassador to Rome, after the post had been vacant for over a year according to South Korean sources. His predecessor Kim Chun-guk had died of liver cancer. However, Italy demanded on 1 October as a retaliation for North Korean nuclear and ballistic missile tests that he should leave the country. Mun had started working in Italy but had not finished the accreditation process. Italy had earlier approved his nomination. Mun had been in Rome for about a month, as he had assumed the post on 28 August.
Mun is the current North Korean ambassador to Syria. He presented his credentials on 30 May 2018 in Damascus. During the ceremony, Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is said by KCNA to have proclaimed that he will visit North Korea and meet with leader Kim Jong-un.

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