North Korea officials visit Iran in rare public trip

FILE - Yun Jong Ho, right, North Korean external economic relations minister, is shown at the Mansudae Assembly Hall in Pyongyang, on Tuesday, Dec. 12, 2023. Yun is leading a delegation to visit Iran on April 23, 2024.

A North Korean delegation led by the cabinet minister for international trade is visiting Iran, the North's official media said on Wednesday in a rare public report of an exchange between the two countries believed to have secret military ties.