Tucked away on a quiet street in West London, you could easily overlook the North Korean embassy. Purchased by the North Korean government in 2003, it's situated in the suburban district of Ealing ...

Secretive nation has a west London outpost. I visited North Korea recently. Well, my hand did. Well, sort of. I poked it through the bars of this detached house in Ealing. This is the Embassy of ...

and was previously an ambassador at the North Korean Embassy in London. The appointment makes him the first North Korean defector to be given a vice-ministerial job in South Korea, according to AP.