S. Korea to redeploy unification attache to Russia amid deepening Pyongyang-Moscow ties

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S. Korea to redeploy unification attache to Russia amid deepening Pyongyang-Moscow ties

SEOUL, April 30 (Yonhap) -- South Korea will redeploy an attache in charge of unification affairs to the country's embassy in Russia later this year, the unification ministry said Thursday, ending a vacancy of more than a year.

Citing ever-closer ties between the two countries, the ministry said there will be "work to be done to access the relationship, given how close it has become."

A unification attache is tasked with advancing Seoul's policy on inter-Korean relations and reunification strategy in the long term.

The position has been vacant since February last year, in line with a 2022 plan to reduce the number of overseas government officials under the former Yoon Suk Yeol government.

The selection process is ongoing, the ministry said, with the envoy expected to be in place by August.

Currently there are four unification attaches sent to the United States, China, Japan, and Germany.

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