NK뉴스 "北 리용호 외무상, 유엔총회 불참할 듯"<br /><br />North Korea's Foreign Minister will NOT attend this year's UN General Assembly.<br />That's according to NK News on Friday, citing multiple informed sources.<br />It's not clear why, but if true, this will mark Ri Yong-ho's first absence from the meeting... since becoming foreign minister in 2016.<br />Some anticipated he could meet his American counterpart Mike Pompeo on the sidelines,... reviving momentum for denuclearization talks.<br />An analyst told NK News that if Ri does not attend the UN General Assembly, it would confirm Pyeongyang's "hardening line" on Washington over the past couple months.<br />