North Korea confirmed this week that it will be closing some of its foreign embassies. Its embassies in Uganda, Angola, and Spain will be shut down in the near future.
South Korean government officials told the Associated Press that the closure was due to a worsening financial situation in North Korea and tougher sanctions which had limited North Korea’s ability to earn money through the illegal activities of its embassies.
The North Korean Foreign Ministry said Friday that it is “either closing or newly opening diplomatic missions in other countries” in line with changes in the international environment and the North’s external policy.
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