Mun Jong-nam was a long-time foreign ministry official. He served in the international organization bureau at the North Korean foreign ministry. He has also served as an official in the
World Food Programme National Coordination Committee at
Pyongyang. Mun had served in North Korea's embassy in Thailand. At the time of his death Mun was the North Korean ambassador to Syria. He presented his
credentials on 30 May 2018 in
Damascus. During the ceremony,
Syrian president Bashar al-Assad is said by
KCNA to have proclaimed that he will visit North Korea and meet with
leader Kim Jong-un. ==Works==