(FILES) This file photo taken on March 1, 2019 shows Choe Son Hui, North Korea's vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, posing for a photo ahead the welcome ceremony of North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (not pictured) at the Presidential Palace in Hanoi. - North Korea has appointed veteran diplomat Choe Son Hui as its first female foreign minister, state media reported on June 11, 2022, as Pyongyang pushes ahead with a blitz of sanctions-busting weapons tests and ignores US calls for talks. (Photo by LUONG THAI LINH / POOL / AFP)