Overview

• KCNA reported that a delegation led by Kim Son-gyong left Pyongyang on Thursday for the 80th session in New York.
• Kim reportedly arrived at Beijing Capital International Airport on an Air Koryo flight en route to the United States.
• The scheduled address would be the first General Assembly speech by an official dispatched directly from Pyongyang in seven years.
• High-level attendance had paused after the 2019 Hanoi summit ended without a deal, with duties handled by Permanent Representative Kim Song-gyong.
• From 2014 to 2018, foreign ministers Ri Su-yong and Ri Yong-ho led North Korea’s delegations to the annual gathering.