List of diplomatic missions of North Korea

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

Africa

Host country	Host city	Mission	Ref.	Concurrent accreditation
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]	List  Lesotho [7]
Tanzania	Dar es Salaam	Embassy	[8]

Americas

Host country	Host city	Mission	Ref.
Brazil	Brasília	Embassy	[9]
Cuba	Havana	Embassy	[10]
Mexico	Mexico City	Embassy	[11]
Venezuela	Caracas	Embassy	[12]

Asia

Host country	Host city	Mission	Ref.
Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Embassy	[13]
China	Beijing	Embassy	[14]
	Shenyang	Consulate General	[15]
	Dandong	Consular Office	[16]
India	New Delhi	Embassy	[17]
Indonesia	Jakarta	Embassy	[18]
Iran	Tehran	Embassy	[19]
Japan	Tokyo	General Association
Kuwait	Kuwait City	Embassy	[20]
Laos	Vientiane	Embassy	[21]
Mongolia	Ulaanbaatar	Embassy	[22]
Myanmar	Yangon	Embassy	[23]
Pakistan	Islamabad	Embassy	[24]
	Karachi	Consulate General	[25]
Singapore	Singapore	Embassy	[26]
Syria	Damascus	Embassy	[27]
Thailand	Bangkok	Embassy	[28]
Vietnam	Hanoi	Embassy	[29]

Europe

Host country	Host city	Mission	Ref.
Austria	Vienna	Embassy	[30]
Belarus	Minsk	Embassy
Bulgaria	Sofia	Embassy	[31]
Czechia	Prague	Embassy	[32]
Germany	Berlin	Embassy	[33]
Italy	Rome	Embassy	[34][35]
Poland	Warsaw	Embassy	[36]
Romania	Bucharest	Embassy	[37]
Russia	Moscow	Embassy	[38]
	Vladivostok	Consulate General	[39]
	Khabarovsk	Consular Office	[40][41]
Sweden	Stockholm	Embassy	[42]
Switzerland	Bern	Embassy	[43]
United Kingdom	London	Embassy	[44]

Multilateral organizations

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	[45]

Gallery

• 
  Embassy in Addis Ababa
• 
  Embassy in Beijing
• 
  Embassy in Bucharest
• 
  Embassy in Hanoi
• 
  Embassy in Kathmandu
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  Embassy in London
• 
  Embassy in Moscow
• 
  Consular office in Khabarovsk
• 
  Embassy in Mexico City
• 
  Embassy in Phnom Penh
• 
  Embassy in Prague
• 
  Embassy in Stockholm
• 
  Embassy in Warsaw
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  General Association of Korean Residents in Japan in Tokyo
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  Embassy in Ulaanbaatar
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  Embassy in Vienna
• 
  Embassy in Vientiane

Closed missions

Africa

Host country	Host city	Mission level	Year closed	Ref.
Angola	Luanda	Embassy	2023	[46]
Benin	Cotonou	Embassy	1993	[47]
Cameroon	Yaoundé	Embassy	1995	[47]
Congo-Kinshasa	Kinshasa	Embassy	2023	[48]
Gabon	Libreville	Embassy		[49]
Ghana	Accra	Embassy	1998	[47]
Guinea	Conakry	Embassy	2023	[50]
Libya	Tripoli	Embassy	2024	[51]
Madagascar	Antananarivo	Embassy	2002	[52]
Mali	Bamako	Embassy	1998	[47]
Mozambique	Maputo	Embassy	1995	[47]
Namibia	Windhoek	Embassy	1994	[53]
Senegal	Dakar	Embassy	2023	[54]
Togo	Lomé	Embassy	1998	[47]
Tunisia	Tunis	Embassy	1995	[47]
Uganda	Kampala	Embassy	2023	[55]
Zambia	Lusaka	Embassy	1995	[47]
Zimbabwe	Harare	Embassy	1998	[47]

Americas

Host country	Host city	Mission level	Year closed	Ref.
Argentina	Buenos Aires	Embassy	1977	[56]
Chile	Santiago de Chile	Embassy	1973	[57]
Jamaica	Kingston	Embassy	1993	[47]
Nicaragua	Managua	Embassy	1995	[47]
Peru	Lima	Embassy	2017	[58][59]

Asia

Host country	Host city	Mission level	Year closed	Ref.
Bangladesh	Dhaka	Embassy	2023	[60]
China	Hong Kong	Consulate General	2023	[61]
Kazakhstan	Astana	Embassy	1998	[62][63]
Jordan	Amman	Embassy	1998	[47]
Malaysia	Kuala Lumpur	Embassy	2021	[64]
Nepal	Kathmandu	Embassy	2023	[65]
Uzbekistan	Tashkent	Embassy	2016	[62][66]

Europe

Host country	Host city	Mission level	Year closed	Ref.
Denmark	Copenhagen	Embassy	1998	[47]
Finland	Helsinki	Embassy	1998	[47]
Hungary	Budapest	Embassy	1995	[47]
Norway	Oslo	Embassy	1976	[67][68]
Portugal	Lisbon	Embassy	1995	[47]
Spain	Madrid	Embassy	2023	[69]
Ukraine	Kyiv	Embassy	1998	[47]

Oceania

Host country	Host city	Mission level	Year closed	Ref.
Australia	Canberra	Embassy	2008	[70]

See also

• Foreign relations of North Korea
• List of diplomatic missions in North Korea