jinpanlin520: value assuming that it is consid

SEOUL - The man who called Donald Trump "President Evil" last week at the U.N. General Assembly is actually a genteel intellectual who studies the memoirs of former U.S. presidents and has taste for fine whisky Uomo Salomon Fell Raiser Trail Mountain Rosse Grigie Scontate , according to ten people who know him.

　　North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho walks to speak to the media outside the Millennium hotel New York, U.S., September 25, 2017. REUTERS

North Korea's Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho made headlines in the Sept. 23 speech to the 193-member General Assembly, and also two days earlier when he revealed to reporters outside his hotel that North Korea's next move might be to detonate a hydrogen bomb above the Pacific Ocean, in response to U.S. President Trump's threat to "totally destroy" his country of 26 million people.

While bellicose rhetoric often spouts from militaristic North Korea Uomo Salomon Fell Raiser Trail Mountain Nere Grigie Italia , it did seem out of character coming from what friends and colleagues described as a polite and softly-spoken career diplomat with a self-deprecating sense of humor and sharp debating skills.

"As a negotiation partner, Ri was a good one, whose status seemed quite secure and who had relatively greater leeway to exercise during the talks," said Wi Sung-lac, South Korea's former envoy at the now suspended six-party talks aimed at dismantling Pyongyang's nuclear program.

"He was flexible and fundamentally rational," said Wi Acquistare Donne Salomon Speedcross 3 CS Outdoor Hiking Trail Rosa Nere , who met with Ri twice in 2011 in an effort to re-start the talks hosted by China, after they collapsed in 2008.

Ri has a reputation for translating North Korean propaganda into measured diplomatic language when interacting with Western diplomats, and has studied the works of former U.S. presidents in his spare time.

"He's not just (North Korean leader) Kim Jong Un's mouthpiece," said one source who knows Ri personally.

"He likes to read the memoirs of former U.S. presidents like Nixon and Bush. He also reads Kissinger. He tries to understand American thinking," the source, who requested anonymity Salomon Speedcross 3 CS Outdoor Hiking Trail Donne Rosse Nere Italia , told Reuters.

"If there are any debates about U.S. policy in North Korea, he's usually the one who puts forwards new ideas and new tactics," the source said. "He's a strategist."

The North Korean government does not provide foreign media with a contact point in Pyongyang for comment by email, fax or phone. Ri declined Reuters request for an interview while he was in New York for the annual gathering of world leaders at the United Nations.

CLUBS & DEBATES

Born in 1956, Ri is the son of Ri Myong Je, former deputy director of the Organization and Guidance Department (OGD) Donne Salomon Speedcross 3 CS Outdoor Hiking Trail Nere Saldi , a shadowy body within the ruling Workers' Party that oversees the appointment of key management positions within the state, according to South Korea's unification ministry.

His father was also an editor at the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), the state media body that publishes Pyongyang's bombastic propaganda statements.

A fluent English speaker who studied at Pyongyang's prestigious University of Foreign Languages, Ri has for years held a number of high-level posts dealing with the West.

From 2003 to 2007, he was North Korea's ambassador in London, where he lived with his wife and daughter while his son stayed at home in Pyongyang.

"He had a good command of English and always struck me as pretty polished Uomo Salomon Speedcross 3 CS Outdoor Hiking Trail Nere Grigie Saldi ," said James Hoare, the U.K.'s former charges des affaires in Pyongyang, who met Ri frequently during his time in London and hosted him for dinner at his house. "He was willing to appear publicly and could cope with questions."

"I last saw him in Pyongyang in 2011, when he gave a lunch for (my wife) and me," Hoare said. By then, Ri had become vice foreign minister. "Although much grander Offerta Uomo Salomon Speedcross 3 CS Outdoor Hiking Trail Nere Rosse , he was still the same polite and friendly person."

A keen debater, Ri spent time engaging with British intellectuals during his time in London. At the private members Reform Club on London's glitzy Pall Mall street, he charmed British academics over wine and lunch.

"He clearly had a good sense of humor and was never belligerent or combative when it came to articulating his government's perspective," said John Nilsson-Wright, a professor at the University of Cambridge and senior fellow at the Chatham House international affairs think tank.

Journalists caught a sample of that humor in Ri's most recent off-the-cuff marks, when they asked the foreign minister in New York what he thought of the nickname "Rocket Man" that Trump's has dubbed the North's leader.

"I feel sorry for his aides Offerta Uomo Salomon Speedcross 3 CS Outdoor Hiking Trail Nere ," Ri quipped.

In his U.N. speech he described Trump as "a mentally deranged person ... who is chastised even by American people as 'Commander in Grief', 'Lyin King', 'President Evil'..."

Evans Revere, a former senior diplomat who dealt with North Korea under President George W. Bush and met Ri on a few occasions, recalled that he exuded self-confidence and was at ease in any setting, likely reflecting his pedigree as the offspring of one of Pyongyang's elite families.

While affable and approachable Offerta Uomo Salomon Speedcross 3 CS Outdoor Hiking Trail Blu Verdi , Ri could be also "tough as nails", and in meetings with Americans, he leaves no doubt that North Korea is determined to remain a nuclear-weapons state, Revere said.

"Behind the smile and the humor is a man who seems to believe strongly in the regime's line."

DIPLOMATIC ISOLATION

But the gregarious diplomat with an impressive rolodex of contacts has also faced increasing isolation, with the international community seeking to punish North Korea for its rapidly advancing missile and nuclear weapons programs.

He was spotted dining alone at a gala dinner during a gathering of foreign ministers at the annual Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) security forum in Laos in July 2016, while other ministers greeted one another and clinked wine glasses.

The delegate of one participating Western country switched seats to avoid sitting next t" A road is sh. Wholesale Throwback MLB Jerseys   Wholesale NHL Jerseys China   Wholesale NBA Jerseys Free Shipping   Wholesale Authentic MLB Jerseys   Wholesale Soccer Jerseys China   Cheap Jerseys   Wholesale Football Jerseys   Wholesale Basketball Jerseys   Cheap Jerseys China   Wholesale Jerseys