The forum, Asia's biggest annual security meeting, is one of the very few multilateral meetings in which North Korea's foreign minister participates. North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho is pictured in this Korean Central News Agency handout photo released May 10, 2016. This is the first trip abroad by since he became foreign minister in May. (EPA photo)VIENTIANE/PYONGYANG - North Korea's new foreign minister on Saturday left for Laos to make his overseas debut at a major security forum, at a time of high tensions over Pyongyang's series of weapons tests. Officials who were at the airport to see Mr Ri off included China's ambassador to North Korea Li Jinjun.

Source: Bangkok Post July 23, 2016 04:18 UTC