North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho left Pyongyang on Thursday for an ASEAN-related meeting due to be held later this week in Singapore, Kyodo News confirmed, with the focus on whether he will contact his U.S. and Japanese counterparts while in the city-state.Ri is expected to make an official visit to Iran after participating in Saturday's ASEAN Regional Forum meeting of the 10-country regional bloc and other forum members, sources with knowledge of his itinerary said.In Singapore, Ri is likely to try to strengthen relations with his counterparts from countries such as those in the As…READ FULL ARTICLE