North Korea’s state security minister to attend high-level meeting in Russia, KCNA says

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korea’s minister of state security, Ri Chang Dae, left Pyongyang on Monday to attend a meeting of senior security officials in Russia, the North’s KCNA state news agency reported on Tuesday.

Russian media have reported that the top security aide to President Vladimir Putin, Sergei Shoigu, will take part in the meeting to be attended by security officials from countries including North Korea, Iran and the United Arab Emirates.

(Reporting by Jack KimEditing by Ed Davies)