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Han Tae-song () is a diplomat from the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...
(North Korea) who most recently served as its ambassador to the
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in
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. As a career diplomat, he has served as North Korea's top envoy to Italy, Malta, Greece and Spain. In 1992, while serving in Zimbabwe, he was expelled from the country after being caught engaging in the illicit trafficking of rhino horns. In 2017 he was appointed ambassador to Switzerland. In September of the same year, he made a direct threat on behalf of his country to the
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. He was recalled in December 2023 amid North Korean and Swiss investigations into his alleged involvement in ivory trafficking.


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Permanent representatives of North Korea to the United Nations in Geneva Ambassadors of North Korea to Switzerland Ambassadors of North Korea to Malta Ambassadors of North Korea to Italy Workers' Party of Korea politicians Living people Ambassadors of North Korea to Spain Ambassadors of North Korea to Greece Year of birth missing (living people) {{Asia-diplomat-stub