Choe Ryong Hae, a top Communist Party official and close ally to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, is set to travel to Russia as a special envoy. The specific purpose behind the meeting remains unclear.
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North Korean director of the military's General Political Bureau, the top military post in North Korea, Hwang Pyong-So (L) and North Korea's Choe Ryong-Hae (R), a top secretary of the North's ruling Workers' Party of North Korea attend the closing ceremony of the 2014 Asian Games at The Incheon Asiad Main Stadium in Incheon on Oct. 4.
