Yahoo News 1/17/2006 North Korea’s state media said Wednesday that First Vice Foreign Minister Kang Sok Ju congratulated the appointment of Nicaragua’s new foreign minister, a sign that Kang has become North Korea’s acting foreign minister after Paek Nam Sun’s death earlier in the month. Kang “sent a congratulatory message to Samuel Santos Lopez upon … Continue reading N. Korea’s Kang becomes acting minister after Paek’s death