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North Korea–Switzerland relations (
foreign relations between North Korea and Switzerland. Switzerland has a cooperation office in the Taedonggang River District of Pyongyang, North Korea, while official diplomatic duties are performed by the Swiss embassy in Beijing, China.[1] North Korea maintains an embassy in Bern.[2]
History
Switzerland was a member of the
2017–18 North Korea crisis. Swiss President Doris Leuthard identified her country as being able to host such talks again in September 2017.[4]
North Korea's current leader,
Kim Jong-un, is believed to have attended boarding school at the Liebefeld-Steinhölzli school in the late 1990s, having been registered under a pseudonym.[5]
References
- ^ "Swiss representation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North)". www.eda.admin.ch. Archived from the original on 2018-11-20. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
- ^ "Embassy of Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) in Switzerland". www.about.ch. Archived from the original on 2017-09-05. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
- ^ "Bilateral relations Switzerland–Democratic People's Republic of Korea". www.eda.admin.ch. Archived from the original on 2018-09-23. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
- ^ Nebehay, Stephanie. "Swiss ready to mediate in North Korea crisis". U.S. Archived from the original on 2020-12-18. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
- ^ "Kim Jong Un's hidden Swiss past offers a diplomatic lifeline". NewsComAu. Archived from the original on 2020-11-11. Retrieved 2018-04-19.
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