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U.N. Human Rights Council working group session

Jo Chol Su (2nd from R), North Korea's ambassador to the U.N. Geneva Office, speaks at a working group session of the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva on Nov. 13, 2024.

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U.N. Human Rights Council session in Geneva

Jo Chol Su (front, C), ambassador extraordinary and plenipotentiary of the Permanent Representative of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to the United Nations Office at Geneva, attends a working group session of the U.N. Human Rights Council on the human rights situation in North Korea on Nov. 7, 2024.

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PFW - Street Style

Street style, models Nyajuok, Akuol Deng and Khamis Gak Chol after Patou Spring-Summer 2023 show, held at Salle Wagram, Paris, France, on July 2, 2023. Photo by Marie-Paola Bertrand-Hillion/ABACAPRESS.COM

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Japan, N. Korea divided but agree to meet more often

ULAN BATOR, Mongolia - Kim Chol Ho, vice director of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Department, speaks at a news conference in Ulan Bator on Sept. 6 after the end of two days of talks on the normalization of ties with Japan.

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Senior N. Korean diplomat heads to Russia

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 27 Kyodo - North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Sin Hong Chol is pictured at Beijing's international airport on Oct. 27, 2018, as he transits to visit Russia. Sin was tight-lipped when asked by reporters about the purpose of his trip.

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Senior N. Korean diplomat heads to Russia

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 27 Kyodo - North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Sin Hong Chol (L) is seen off by Russia's ambassador to North Korea, Alexander Matsegora, at Pyongyang's airport on Oct. 27, 2018, prior to his departure for Russia.

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Senior N. Korean diplomat heads to Russia

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 27 Kyodo - North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Sin Hong Chol is pictured at Pyongyang's airport on Oct. 27, 2018, ahead of his departure for Russia.

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Senior N. Korean diplomat heads to Russia

PYONGYANG, North Korea, Oct. 27 Kyodo - North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Sin Hong Chol waves before departing Pyongyang's airport on Oct. 27, 2018, on a trip to Russia.

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Kim Yong Chol in S. Korea

SEOUL, South Korea, Feb. 25 Kyodo - A high-ranking North Korean delegation to the closing ceremony of the Pyeongchang Olympics, led by Kim Yong Chol (C), head of the ruling party's United Front Department, arrives in South Korea's Paju city on Feb. 25, 2018. Kim is believed to have masterminded attacks on a South Korean warship and island in 2010.

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N. Korean diplomat with rich Japan experience to leave for new job

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Kim Chol Ho, vice director of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Department. Kim, who has long experience in dealing with Japan, is expected to leave Pyongyang soon and to become ambassador to Ethiopia, a source familiar with the situation said Dec. 3, 2014.

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Japan, N. Korea hold talks on 2nd day

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Hyon Chol, department director of North Korea's Ministry of Land and Environment Protection, attends talks on the second of two days of discussions with Japanese officials on Oct. 29, 2014, in Pyongyang, to explain the North's probe into the remains of Japanese who died around the end of World War II in what is now North Korea. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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Japan, N. Korea hold talks on 2nd day

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Myong Chol, counselor of North Korea's Ministry of State Security, attends talks on the second of two days of discussions with Japanese officials on Oct. 29, 2014, in Pyongyang, on the remains of Japanese who died around the end of World War II in what is now North Korea. (Pool photo by Kyodo News)

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N. Korean security officer joins abduction talks with Japan

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Myong Chol, counselor at the North Korean Ministry of State Security and vice chairman of Pyongyang's special investigation committee on abductees, attends a meeting with a Japanese delegation in the North Korean capital on Oct. 28, 2014, to discuss the issue of Japanese nationals abducted to the reclusive country.

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Hasegawa wins gold in men's Greco-Roman 59 kg

INCHEON, South Korea - Japan's Kohei Hasegawa (L) wrestles with North Korea's Yun Won Chol in the men's Greco-Roman 59 kg at the Asian Games in Incheon, South Korea, on Sept. 30, 2014. Hasegawa won gold.

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N. Korean official explains about seized fishing boat

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Chol, director of North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau, tells a group of foreign diplomats gathered in Pyongyang on March 29, 2014, that the South Korean military seized a North Korean fishing boat in the Yellow Sea on March 27 and forced its crew members to defect.

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N. Korean official explains about seized fishing boat

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Chol, director of North Korea's Reconnaissance General Bureau, tells a group of foreign diplomats gathered in Pyongyang on March 29, 2014, that the South Korean military seized a North Korean fishing boat in the Yellow Sea on March 27 and forced its crew members to defect.

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Office for Japan-N. Korea sports exchange

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Ma Chol Su (L), a former director of Asian affairs at the North Korean Foreign Ministry, and Japanese lawmaker Antonio Inoki shake hands after they signed an agreement on the opening of an office to facilitate exchanges between Japan and North Korea through sports in Pyongyang on Nov. 4, 2013. Ma serves as secretary general of a friendship association between the two countries.

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N. Korea organizes rare meeting for foreign diplomats

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Yong Chol, director of the Reconnaissance General Bureau of the North Korean military, speaks before foreign diplomats in Pyongyang on Aug. 29, 2013. North Korea gathered foreign diplomats based in the capital to explain the country's recent foreign policies, a rare move for the country.

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Japan official in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Isao Iijima (R), an adviser to Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, shakes hands with Kim Chol Ho, vice director of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Department, upon arrival at Pyongyang airport in North Korea on May 14, 2013.

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N. Korea celebrates leader's anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows Hyon Yong Chol, chief of the General Staff of North Korea's Korean People's Army, giving a speech at a national meeting in Pyongyang on Dec. 29, 2012, to mark the first anniversary the following day of leader Kim Jong Un becoming supreme commander of the KPA.

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N. Korea celebrates leader's anniversary

PYONGYANG, North Korea - File photo shows Hyon Yong Chol (front, far L), chief of the General Staff of North Korea's Korean People's Army, giving a speech at a national meeting in Pyongyang on Dec. 29, 2012, to mark the first anniversary the following day of leader Kim Jong Un becoming supreme commander of the KPA.

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Hyon becomes chief of General Staff of N. Korea army

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Hyon Yong Chol speaks during a gathering of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang on July 18, 2012. Hyon has replaced Ri Yong Ho as chief of the General Staff of the KPA.

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Hyon becomes chief of General Staff of N. Korea army

TOKYO, Japan - Photo captured from a video image shows Hyon Yong Chol speaking during a gathering of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang on July 18, 2012. Hyon has replaced Ri Yong Ho as chief of the General Staff of the KPA.

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Hyon becomes chief of General Staff of N. Korea army

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Hyon Yong Chol speaks during a gathering of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang on July 18, 2012. Hyon has replaced Ri Yong Ho as chief of the General Staff of the KPA.

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N. Korea says preparations for satellite launch completed

PYONYGYANG, North Korea - Ryu Gum Chol, deputy head of the Korean Committee for Space Technology's Bureau for Space Development, speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Pyongyang on April 10, 2012. Senior officials of the Korean Committee for Space Technology, an organization listed under the North Korean Cabinet, said Pyongyang has completed preparations for the launch of what it describes as an Earth observation satellite and reiterated that the launch is for peaceful purposes.

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N. Korea says preparations for satellite launch completed

PYONYGYANG, North Korea - Ryu Gum Chol (front), deputy head of the Korean Committee for Space Technology's Bureau for Space Development, attends a press conference at a hotel in Pyongyang on April 10, 2012. Senior officials of the Korean Committee for Space Technology, an organization listed under the North Korean Cabinet, said Pyongyang has completed preparations for the launch of what it describes as an Earth observation satellite and reiterated that the launch is for peaceful purposes.

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N. Korea says preparations for satellite launch completed

PYONYGYANG, North Korea - Ryu Gum Chol, deputy head of the Korean Committee for Space Technology's Bureau for Space Development, speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Pyongyang on April 10, 2012. Senior officials of the Korean Committee for Space Technology, an organization listed under the North Korean Cabinet, said Pyongyang has completed preparations for the launch of what it describes as an Earth observation satellite and reiterated that the launch is for peaceful purposes.

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N. Korea says preparations for satellite launch completed

PYONYGYANG, North Korea - Ryu Gum Chol, deputy head of the Korean Committee for Space Technology's Bureau for Space Development, speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Pyongyang on April 10, 2012. Senior officials of the Korean Committee for Space Technology, an organization listed under the North Korean Cabinet, said Pyongyang has completed preparations for the launch of what it describes as an Earth observation satellite and reiterated that the launch is for peaceful purposes.

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N. Korea says preparations for satellite launch completed

PYONYGYANG, North Korea - Ryu Gum Chol (front), deputy head of the Korean Committee for Space Technology's Bureau for Space Development, attends a press conference at a hotel in Pyongyang on April 10, 2012. Senior officials of the Korean Committee for Space Technology, an organization listed under the North Korean Cabinet, said Pyongyang has completed preparations for the launch of what it describes as an Earth observation satellite and reiterated that the launch is for peaceful purposes.

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N. Korea says preparations for satellite launch completed

PYONYGYANG, North Korea - Ryu Gum Chol, deputy head of the Korean Committee for Space Technology's Bureau for Space Development, speaks during a press conference at a hotel in Pyongyang on April 10, 2012. Senior officials of the Korean Committee for Space Technology, an organization listed under the North Korean Cabinet, said Pyongyang has completed preparations for the launch of what it describes as an Earth observation satellite and reiterated that the launch is for peaceful purposes.

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Japan lose to N. Korea 0-1

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korean soccer fans celebrate after the country's Pak Nam Chol scores early in the second half of a World Cup qualifier against Japan at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Stadium on Nov. 15, 2011. Japan lost 0-1.

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Japan lose to N. Korea 0-1

PYONGYANG, North Korea - North Korea's Pak Nam Chol (2nd from L) heads home early in the second half of a World Cup qualifier against Japan at Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Stadium on Nov. 15, 2011. Japan lost 0-1.

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N. Korean official in charge of Japanese affairs

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Chol Ho, vice director of the North Korean Foreign Ministry's Asian Affairs Department, speaks during an interview with Japanese media in Pyongyang on Aug. 31, 2011.

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N. Korean raises voice against S. Korean slogan

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Photo shows Kang Sun Chol, a doctor at Pyongyang Maternity Hospital, in Pyongyang on June 30, 2011. Kang criticized South Korea's military for slogans slandering North Korean leader Kim Jong Il.

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Businessman in N. Korea

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Gabriel Schulze (L), chief executive officer of Schulze Global Investments Ltd., an emerging markets private equity firm, and Pak Chol Su, chairman of the Korea Taepung International Investment Group, a North Korean state-run investment group, arrive at Pyongyang international airport from Beijing on March 1, 2011. North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency reported Schulze's arrival in Pyongyang in a one-paragraph dispatch with no details.

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North Koreans angered by U.S.-S. Korea drills

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Song Ho Chol, a 42-year-old worker, hits out at the South Korean military in an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Feb. 28, 2011, for dropping leaflets from balloons that criticize North Korea's government. He said, ''The U.S. imperialists and South Korean puppet forces are foolishly trying to shake our socialist system, but we will defeat the enemy's psychological warfare.''

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N. Korean leader's 2nd son spotted in Singapore

SEOUL, South Korea - Footage taken from South Korean TV station KBS, aired Feb. 15, 2011, shows a man believed to be Kim Jong Chol (circled), the second son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, at an Eric Clapton concert in Singapore. Born in 1981, the younger Kim is known to be a fan of rock music.

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N. Korean leader's 2nd son spotted in Singapore

SEOUL, South Korea - Footage taken from South Korean TV station KBS, aired Feb. 15, 2011, shows a man believed to be Kim Jong Chol, the second son of North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, at an Eric Clapton concert in Singapore. Born in 1981, the younger Kim is known to be a fan of rock music.

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North Koreans on ties with South

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Choe Gum Chol, a precision processing worker at the Pyongyang Textile Machine Plant, tells Kyodo News in Pyongyang on Feb. 1, 2011, ''Politicians in South Korea should not doubt our proposal and come to the venue of dialogue as soon as possible.''

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Residents of Yeonpyeong Island

YEONPYEONG ISLAND, South Korea - Physician Pak Song Chol (C) examines a patient on Yeonpyeong Island, South Korea, on Nov. 29, 2010. The doctor expressed concern about the health of those remaining on the island as many other islanders have been evacuated after North Korea's artillery attack.

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Pyongyang after island attack

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Kim Un Chol, a 30-year-old student of Kim Il Sung University, expresses support in Pyongyang on Nov. 26, 2010, for an artillery attack on South Korea's Yeonpyeong Island on Nov. 23. Kim said he is ready to fight holding a rifle instead of a pen if South Korea and the United States dare to wage war.

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N. Korea beat S. Korea in Asian Games

GUANGZHOU, China - North Korea striker An Chol Hyok helps South Korea midfielder Cho Young Cheol following a tussle during an Asian Games match at Yuexiushan Stadium in Guangzhou, China, on Nov. 8, 2010. North Korea won 1-0.

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Brazil beat N. Korea 2-1 in World Cup Group G match

JOHANNESBURG, South Africa - Brazil midfielder Kaka falls while battling for the ball with North Korea defender Pak Chol Jin during the second half of a World Cup Group G match at Ellis Park Stadium in Johannesburg, South Africa, on June 15, 2010. Brazil won 2-1.

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N. Korea launches 5-yr, $120 bil. project to rebuild economy

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Pak Chol Su, chairman of the Korea Taepung International Investment Group, speaks during an interview with Kyodo News in Pyongyang on April 16, 2010. The manager of a state-run investment group said North Korea has launched a five-year, $120 billion infrastructure-building project in eight cities as part of a 10-year plan to rebuild the economy.

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Pyongyang citizens heartened by nuke test

PYONGYANG, North Korea - A man writes a slogan beneath a note that reads ''Success in underground nuclear test'' to encourage workers to speed up work to complete buildings at a construction site in Pyongyang on May 26. Yu Dong Chol, a worker in Pyongyang, said the test made the people more proud of themselves as citizens of ''a country possessing a nuclear weapon.''

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Pyongyang citizens heartened by nuke test

PYONGYANG, North Korea - Groups of elderly North Korean men read newspapers announcing the country's successful nuclear test at a park in Pyongyang on May 26. Yu Dong Chol, a worker in Pyongyang, said the May 25 test made the people more proud of themselves as citizens of ''a country possessing a nuclear weapon.''

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U.S., N. Korean delegates to financial talks leave Beijing

BEIJING, China - O Kwang Chol, vice chairman of North Korea's national finance and monetary committee, arrives at Beijing airport on Feb. 1 to fly back home after two days of talks in Beijing with Daniel Glaser, the U.S. deputy assistant Treasury secretary for terrorist financing and financial crimes. The talks focused on a row over U.S. financial sanctions against Pyongyang. Glaser also left Beijing the same day.

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U.S., N. Korea hold financial sanctions talks

BEIJING, China - O Kwang Chol (L), president of the Foreign Trade Bank of (North) Korea, heads back to the North Korean Embassy in Beijing following a round of Financial Working Group talks with the United States in the Chinese capital on Jan. 30.

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U.S., N. Korea hold financial sanctions talks

BEIJING,China - Daniel Glaser, chief U.S. delegate to financial talks with North Korea, speaks to the media at his hotel in Beijing on Jan. 30 after a round of talks with his North Korean counterpart O Kwang Chol.

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N. Korea delegate arrives in Beijing for finance talks with U.S.

BEIJING, China - O Kwang Chol, president of the Foreign Trade Bank of (North) Korea, arrives at Beijing International Airport on Jan. 30 for the so-called Financial Working Group talks with the United States.