North Korea picks army man who led Korean talks as top envoy

Ri Son Gwon (centre) is well-known among South Koreans after he led a North Korean delegation for the first high-level inter-Korean talks in more than two years in January 2018. - Reuters

SEOUL (Bloomberg): North Korea named a former army officer who led military and high-level dialogues between the two Koreas as its top diplomat, Yonhap News reported.

The move could change the course of the stalled nuclear negotiations between leader Kim Jong Un and United States President Donald Trump.