Bilateral Relations
As of June 2012 North Korea maintains diplomatic relations with 165 states (including the State of Palestine) and the European Union.
Diplomatic relations of North Korea with the following states are terminated: Argentina, Chile, Iraq.
North Korea has not established diplomatic relations with:
- Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Haiti, Honduras, Panama, Paraguay, Uruguay;
- Andorra, Estonia, France, Monaco and the Holy See;
- Bhutan, Israel, Japan, Saudi Arabia, South Korea;
- Cook Islands, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Micronesia, Niue, Palau, Samoa, Solomon Islands, Tonga, Tuvalu;
- Sovereign Military Order of Malta;
- Sahrawi Republic and the rest of the states with limited recognition except Palestine.
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