North Korea puts Mexican embassy building up for sale... It is unclear whether it will be relocated or closed.

NK News, an American media outlet specializing in North Korea, reported on the 11th (local time) that North Korea put its embassy building in Mexico up for sale for about $2 million (about 2.7 billion won).

According to NK News, the building is listed for sale on several local real estate agency sites for $2.12 million (about 2.83 billion won).

A real estate agent said the building had been on the market for a while but did not give an exact date.

NK News said photos it obtained showed that North Korea's national flag, national emblem, and embassy plaque were removed from the building's exterior walls in recent weeks.

However, embassy staff were confirmed to remain on the premises as of this week, indicating the embassy was operational, he added.

However, it is unclear whether the North Korean embassy plans to move to a new location or cease operations in Mexico.

NK News' calls to the North Korean embassy were not answered, and Mexico's Ministry of Foreign Affairs did not answer questions about the situation at the embassy and Mexico-North Korea relations.

Song Sun-ryong, North Korea's ambassador to Mexico, who took office in 2020, is understood to have been active until last March. At that time, he met with a Mexican lawyer at the embassy, ​​according to the lawyer's Instagram post.

In 2023, North Korea successively closed its embassies abroad in countries around the world, including Africa.

North Korea, which established diplomatic relations with Mexico in 1980, opened an embassy in Mexico City in 1993. NK News estimates based on Google Earth images that the current embassy building appears to have been in use since at least 2009.

Mexico does not have an embassy in Pyongyang.