Where North Korea Has Embassies & Who Has Embassies in North Korea

Countries Where North Korea Has Embassies: created by Avala via Wikimedia

While North Korea (officially: Democratic People’s Republic of Korea; DPRK) remains one of the world’s most isolated states, it does have numerous embassies in many countries around the world also hosts many foreign embassies in Pyongyang.

The map above shows which countries host a North Korean embassy, with the map below showing which countries have embassies in North Korea:

Who Has Embassies in North Korea: created by Aquintero82 via Wikimedia

Countries with a resident embassy in Pyongyang and who also host a North Korean Embassy:

• Brazil
• Bulgaria
• Cambodia
• China
• Cuba
• Czech Republic
• Egypt
• Germany
• India
• Indonesia
• Iran
• Laos
• Malaysia
• Mongolia
• Nigeria
• Pakistan
• Poland
• Romania
• Russia
• Sweden
• Syria
• United Kingdom
• Vietnam

Countries that host a resident North Korean Embassy but do not have an embassy in Pyongyang:

• Algeria
• Austria
• Bangladesh
• Brunei
• Equatorial Guinea
• Ethiopia
• Ghana
• Guinea
• Italy
• Kuwait
• Lebanon
• Libya
• Mexico
• Myanmar
• Nepal
• Peru
• Singapore
• South Africa
• Spain
• Switzerland
• Tanzania
• Thailand
• Uganda
• Uzbekistan
• Venezuela
• Yemen

Countries that have an embassy in Pyongyang but which do not host a North Korean Embassy

• Palestine

To learn more about North Korea you may be interested in the following books:

• Only Beautiful, Please: A British Diplomat in North Korea
• The Real North Korea: Life and Politics in the Failed Stalinist Utopia
• North Korea Confidential: Private Markets, Fashion Trends, Prison Camps, Dissenters and Defectors
• The Impossible State: North Korea, Past and Future
• Nothing to Envy: Ordinary Lives in North Korea

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