North Korea recalls UK ambassador after one month in post

North Korea has recalled its ambassador to Britain just a month after he took up the ​post, downgrading diplomatic relations in response to British sanctions ‌on a children's camp, North Korea-focused website NK News reported.

Pyongyang's embassy in London said in a statement to NK News it ​had withdrawn Ambassador Mun Myong Sin and reduced ties ​to the level of charge d’affaires until Britain ⁠lifts sanctions on the Songdowon International Children’s Camp.

North Korea has recalled its ambassador to Britain just a month after he took up the ​post, downgrading diplomatic relations in response to British sanctions ‌on a children's camp, North Korea-focused website NK News reported.

Pyongyang's embassy in London said in a statement to NK News it ​had withdrawn Ambassador Mun Myong Sin and reduced ties ​to the level of charge d’affaires until Britain ⁠lifts sanctions on the Songdowon International Children’s Camp.

It called them groundless and said they damaged the rights ​and interests of its children, who it ​said received ⁠the "most precious" treatment.

Britain’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office declined to comment to NK News on Mun's status or the ⁠reason for ​his departure.

Britain appointed a new ​ambassador to North Korea last year, though its embassy in Pyongyang has remained ​closed since the pandemic.

-Reuters