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Most of the countries that do not have an embassy in North Korea handle their diplomatic affairs with the country from their embassies in neighboring China or South Korea.Only 24 of the 164 countries that have formal diplomatic ties to North Korea have an embassy therePyongyang has embassies in multiple EU countries, including Germany, Britain and Italy On 25 May 2010, Canada suspended diplomatic relations with North Korea.North Korea has had diplomatic relations with Cuba since 1960 and maintains an embassy in Havana. Furthermore, Article 38 says that the DPRK will implement a Ultimately, however, as explicated in Articles 100–103 and 109, the chairman of the North Korea is one of the few countries in which the giving of presents still plays a significant role in North Korea takes its defense seriously, confronting countries they see as threatening their sovereignty, and restricts the activities of foreign diplomats.The assistance of Chinese troops, after 1950, during the war and their presence in the country until 1958 gave China some degree of influence in North Korea.In 1961, North Korea concluded formal mutual security treaties with the Soviet Union and THE Chairman of the People's Republic of China and the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, determined, in accordance with Marxism–Leninism and the principle of proletarian internationalism and on the basis of mutual respect for state sovereignty and territorial integrity, mutual non-aggression, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit, and mutual assistance and support, to make every effort to further strengthen and develop the fraternal relations of friendship, co-operation and mutual assistance between the People's Republic of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, to jointly guard the security of the two peoples, and to safeguard and consolidate the peace of Asia and the world...[Article II:]The Contracting Parties will continue to make every effort to safeguard the peace of Asia and the world and the security of all peoples...[Article II:] In the event of one of the Contracting Parties being subjected to the armed attack by any state or several states jointly and thus being involved in a state of war, the other Contracting Party shall immediately render military and other assistance by all means at its disposal...[Article V:] The Contracting Parties, on the principles of mutual respect for sovereignty, non-interference in each other's internal affairs, equality and mutual benefit and in the spirit of friendly co-operation, will continue to render each other every possible economic and technical aid in the cause of socialist construction of the two countries and will continue to consolidate and develop economic, cultural, and scientific and technical co-operation between the two countries...[Article VI:] The Contracting Parties hold that the unification of Korea must be realized along peaceful and democratic lines and that such a solution accords exactly with the national interests of the Korean people and the aim of preserving peace in the Far East.This treaty was prolonged twice, in 1981 and 2001, with a validity until 2021.

Japan–North Korea relations (Japanese: 日朝関係; Korean: 조일 관계) refers to international relations between Japan and North Korea.Relations between Japan and North Korea have not been formally established, but there have been diplomatic talks between the two governments to discuss the issue of kidnapped Japanese citizens and North Korea's nuclear program. Soviet aid and influence continued at a high level during the Korean war.

The U.S. Special Representative for North Korea is Stephen Biegun.

North Korea has an embassy in London and the United Kingdom has an embassy in Pyongyang which opened in 2003 and 2001 respectively after diplomatic relations were established between the two countries in 2000. "The Role of India in the Korean War", “Serbia Grateful to N. Korea for Stance on Kosovo.” B92.Net, B92, 21 Mar. India established consular relations with North Korea in 1962 and in 1973, established full diplomatic relations with it.Trade between India and North Korea has seen a large increase in recent years.

Since the On the afternoon of February 22, 2019, ten perpetrators, mostly Korean, broke into the North Korean embassy according to Spanish police.