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  "id": 5699901,
  "title": "N. Korea likely to send vice minister to UN General Assembly this month",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/05/n-korea-likely-to-send-vice-minister-to-un-general-assembly-this-month-5699901",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-05T03:02:04.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Korea Times",
    "slug": "the-korea-times-koreatimes",
    "url": "https://www.koreatimes.co.kr/foreignaffairs/northkorea/20260905/n-korea-likely-to-send-vice-minister-to-un-general-assembly-this-month"
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  "summary": "North Korea is anticipated to dispatch a vice minister-level official to the upcoming United Nations General Assembly in New York, with Kim Son-gyong, a vice foreign minister overseeing international organizations, likely to deliver a speech, according to sources. The U.N. Secretariat's list of speakers confirms that a North Korean vice minister-level official is slated to represent the country and address the U.N. headquarters on September 28, the final day of the high-level segment of the 81st U.N. General Assembly. This follows a similar pattern from the previous year, when Kim also attended, marking his first participation in seven years.",
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