Kim Jong-un personally visited the Russian embassy in North Korea to pay his respects, kneeling on one knee before the portrait of the late Russian ambassador.
On December 10, Kim Jong-un personally went to the Russian embassy in North Korea to express his condolences for the death of Alexander Matyugorov, the Russian ambassador to North Korea.
Matyugorov passed away suddenly on December 6 while serving in his post, at the age of 70. Interestingly, neither Russia nor North Korea have disclosed the exact cause of death. According to a report by The Moscow Times, Matyugorov's last public appearance was on December 2, when he met Russian university students studying Korean and gave them a lecture.
After Matyugorov's death, Kim Jong-un personally sent a letter to Putin expressing his condolences. This time, he also personally visited the Russian embassy to pay his respects, which is an extremely rare high-level honor. This may be due to two reasons: first, the cause of the ambassador's death is estimated to have special hidden circumstances that are not suitable for public disclosure; second, Matyugorov has been serving as the Russian ambassador to North Korea since 2014, and is a senior diplomat who has made outstanding contributions to Russia-North Korea relations, especially after the outbreak of the Ukraine conflict, when North Korea was the only ally that sent troops to support Russia, and Matyugorov naturally played an indispensable role.
Matyugorov was born in Odessa in November 1955. He graduated from the Moscow State Institute of International Relations (MGIMO) in 1978. Since 1999, he has been in the diplomatic system, and has served as Deputy Director of the First Department of Asia in the Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, as well as Deputy Chief of Mission at the Russian Embassy in North Korea. North Korea #Kim Jong-un
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