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S. Korea appoints new chief envoy for six-party talks

Xinhua, February 29, 2016 Adjust font size:

South Korea Monday replaced its representative at the six-party talks for the denuclearization on the Korean Peninsula with Deputy Foreign Minister Kim Hong-Kyun.

Seoul's foreign ministry said in a statement Monday that Kim Hong-Kyun will be the new special representative for Korean Peninsula affairs who represents South Korea at the long-stalled six-way dialogue.

Hwang Joon-Kook, South Korea's former chief envoy for the six-party talks, has been named as the country's ambassador to Britain.

The six-party talks, which involve South Korea, the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), China, the United States, Russia and Japan, have been stalled since late 2008.

The replacement came amid ongoing discussions at the UN Security Council about fresh sanctions on the DPRK for its latest nuclear test and rocket launch.

Pyongyang launched a long-range rocket on Feb. 7 to test what is believed to be a banned ballistic missile technology after conducting its first "hydrogen bomb" test on Jan. 6, the fourth of its nuclear detonations. Endit