When Ri Il Gyu, North Korea’s No.2 diplomat in Cuba ... other officials in 2018 over preparations to receive top Cuban officials on two occasions. Sometimes Kim asked him questions. In each ...

getting to know each other, and it's an important thing to do," Monzon said. South Korea had cut off its ties with Cuba in 1959 in the wake of the Cuban Revolution led by Fidel Castro, while North ...

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — When Ri Il Gyu, North Korea’s No. 2 diplomat in Cuba, finally decided to flee to South Korea in frustration over his highly repressive, corrupt homeland in November ...