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The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) (Korean: 조선중앙통신) is the state news agency of North Korea. [1] [2] [3] The agency portrays the views of the North Korean government for both domestic and foreign consumption.
North Korea opened a trade office in Peru in January 1975, [3] under the military government of Juan Velasco Alvarado.Relations were officially established at an embassy level on December 15, 1988.
The Embassy of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea in Lima was the official diplomatic mission of North Korea to the Republic of Peru.It is located in San Isidro District, Lima, Peru.
North Korea, [d] officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), [e] is a country in East Asia.It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ).
February 16, 1958: North Korean agents hijack a Korean Air Lines flight Changlang en route from Busan to Seoul and land it in Pyongyang; one American pilot, one American passenger, two West German passengers, and 24 other passengers were released in early March, but eight other passengers remained in North Korea.
Following his military service, Izarra earned a master's degree in public policy planning from Harvard University and was awarded an honorary doctorate from Universidad Nacional Experimental Simón Rodríguez in 2010. [2]
The amendment enshrined Kim Il Sung as North Korea's eternal president and abolished the position. While it is not stated by the amended constitution, the National Defence Commission became the de facto highest leadership institution in the country with its chairman holding the highest office of the state.
According to Alejandro Cao de Benós, Special Delegate of North Korea's Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, the government allows only religions that are considered "traditional" in Korea, such as Christianity, Buddhism or Cheondoism. [14]