{
  "id": 9218326,
  "title": "N. Korea's vice FM leaves for New York to attend U.N. General Assembly",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/22/n-koreas-vice-fm-leaves-for-new-york-to-attend-u-n-general-assembly",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-22T23:13:33.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Yonhap News",
    "slug": "yonhap-news",
    "url": "https://en.yna.co.kr/view/AEN20260923001900315"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son-gyong has embarked on a trip to New York to participate in the 81st session of the U.N. General Assembly, according to state media reports on Wednesday. The delegation, headed by Kim, bid farewell to Pyongyang on Tuesday, as confirmed by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). The specifics of his schedule remain undisclosed.\n\nKim is scheduled to address the assembly on Monday, the final day of the General Debate, the annual high-level gathering where representatives of U.N. member states articulate their perspectives on crucial global issues. In the previous year's session, Kim reiterated North Korea's assertion that it will not relinquish its nuclear weapons.\n\nFollowing the abortive 2019 summit between North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and U.S. President Donald Trump in Hanoi, Pyongyang refrained from sending any minister-level delegates for six consecutive years. This time around, the role of representing North Korea at the U.N. General Assembly has been shouldered by North Korean Ambassador to the U.N., Kim Song, who took over from Ambassador Ri Su-yong. Ri Su-yong had represented North Korea in the General Assembly from 2014 to 2015, while his successor, Ri Yong-ho, served from 2016 to 2018.",
  "summary": "SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son-gyong has...",
  "key_points": [
    "North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Kim Son-gyong travels to New York for U.N. General Assembly.",
    "Kim Son-gyong to address assembly on final day of Monday's General Debate.",
    "North Korea absent from U.N. General Assembly since 2019 summit with Trump."
  ],
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  "coverage": {
    "outlets": 3,
    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "Yonhap News",
        "title": "N. Korea's vice defense minister departs for Vietnam amid deepening ties",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/n-koreas-vice-defense-minister-departs-for-vietnam-amid-deepening-ties",
        "published": "2026-09-23T00:01:51.000Z"
      },
      {
        "outlet": "The Korea Times",
        "title": "N. Korea's vice defense minister departs for Vietnam amid deepening ties",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/23/n-koreas-vice-defense-minister-departs-for-vietnam-amid-deepening-ties-9228505",
        "published": "2026-09-23T00:37:03.000Z"
      }
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}