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North Korea–Switzerland relations (Korean스위스-조선민주주의 인민공화국 관계) are foreign relations between North Korea and Switzerland. Switzerland has a cooperation office in the Taedonggang River District of Pyongyang, North Korea, while official diplomatic duties are performed by the Swiss embassy in Beijing, China.[1] North Korea maintains an embassy in Bern.[2]

History

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Switzerland was a member of the Neutral Nations Supervisory Commission in the Korean Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) upon the end of the Korean War. The two countries have had diplomatic relations since 1974.[3] Additionally, Switzerland has long been a mediator party in talks between the involved parties of the conflict in the Korean peninsula (North Korea, South Korea, China, Japan, Russia, and the United States) most recently with the 2017–18 North Korea crisis. Swiss President Doris Leuthard identified her country as being able to host such talks again in September 2017.[4]

North Korea's current leader, Kim Jong-un, is believed to have attended boarding school at the Liebefeld-Steinhölzli school in the late 1990s, having been registered under a pseudonym.[5]

References

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  1. ^ "Swiss representation in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North)". www.eda.admin.ch. Archived from the original on 2018年11月20日. Retrieved 2018年04月19日.
  2. ^ "Embassy of Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea) in Switzerland". www.about.ch. Archived from the original on 2017年09月05日. Retrieved 2018年04月19日.
  3. ^ "Bilateral relations Switzerland–Democratic People's Republic of Korea". www.eda.admin.ch. Archived from the original on 2018年09月23日. Retrieved 2018年04月19日.
  4. ^ Nebehay, Stephanie. "Swiss ready to mediate in North Korea crisis". U.S. Archived from the original on 2020年12月18日. Retrieved 2018年04月19日.
  5. ^ "Kim Jong Un's hidden Swiss past offers a diplomatic lifeline". NewsComAu. Archived from the original on 2020年11月11日. Retrieved 2018年04月19日.
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