North Korea (red) and its diplomatic missions (blue) This is a list of diplomatic missions of North Korea .
In the Cold War era its foreign policy was focused on the Soviet bloc countries, while it actively courted allies in the developing world . This was more out of political necessity, as North Korea competed with South Korea for diplomatic recognition. Eventually countries began recognizing both governments on the Korean Peninsula , and North Korea's missions in the developing world are more concerned with running aid programs and maintaining political mileage than obtaining any economic benefits.
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Retrieved 10 September 2017 . ^ "Korea, North" . Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Pakistan) . Archived from the original on 2008-07-05. Retrieved 2008-08-03 . ^ Bhutto, Fatima (23 July 2015). "Inside Karachi's strange North Korean embassy" . GQ India . Archived from the original on 5 September 2015. Retrieved 26 October 2015 . ^ "Foreign missions accredited to Singapore — Korea, Democratic People's Republic of" . Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Singapore) . Retrieved 2008-08-03 . [dead link ] ^ Embassy of The Democratic People's Republic Of Korea (non residential) in The State of Qatar Archived 2011-06-17 at the Wayback Machine ^ "Korea, DPR" . Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Thailand) . Archived from the original on 2008-02-19. Retrieved 2008-08-03 . ^ "Diplomatic Missions in Vietnam" . Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Vietnam) . Retrieved 2008-08-03 . ^ "Verzeichnis des diplomatischen Korps und anderer Vertretungen in Österreich" (PDF) (in German). 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