The North Korean Foreign Ministry said on Friday it was closing some of its diplomatic missions overseas, but as part of regular affairs and due to the need to adapt to the ever-changing international environment.
North Korea has formally shuttered its embassy in Spain, marking the first confirmed instance of such action in Europe. The closure comes in the wake of North Korea's recent shutdowns of two of its diplomatic missions in Africa, which had reportedly been a source of illicitly generated hard currency for the Kim Jong-un regime. The North Korean Embassy in Madrid informed its closure to the Communist Party of the.