North Korea's Kim Jong Un sends condolences to Russian embassy for death of its ambassador, KCNA says


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  • Tuesday, 09 Dec 2025

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un delivers a speech during an event to celebrate the Air Force's 80th anniversary, at the Kalma Airfield, in Wonsan, North Korea, November 28, 2025, in this picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency November 30, 2025. KCNA via REUTERS

SEOUL, Dec 9 (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has sent a message of condolence to Russia's Vladimir Putin and sympathies to the embassy in the country regarding the death of Aleksandr Ivanovich Matsegora, Russian extraordinary ambassador to North Korea, state media KCNA reported on Tuesday.

South Korea's Yonhap News Agency reported Matsegora has died, citing a statement from Russia's foreign ministry on Monday that didn't cite the reason of the death.

(Reporting by Heejin Kim, Editing by Franklin Paul)

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