Dr Ahmed Jamsheed Mohamed, WHO Representative to Democratic People's Republic of Korea?/ Courtesy of WHO

The World Health Organization (WHO) has appointed a public health expert of the Maldives as its
representative to North Korea, its website showed Wednesday.

Ahmed Jamsheed Mohamed, who holds a medical degree, assumed the post on Aug. 3, 2022, having worked as deputy representative of the WHO to Bangladesh.

He is familiar with Pyongyang, as he served as the WHO's acting representative there in 2019, the U.N. agency said. (Yonhap)