[2] The North Korean embassy in Lagos, Nigeria is also accredited to Togo.

[3] During the 1967–2005 rule of General Gnassingbé Eyadéma, father of current President Faure Gnassingbé, Togo maintained close relations with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), despite the Togolese government's pro-Western and right-wing stances.

[4] In 1974, Eyadéma visited Pyongyang, meeting with Kim Il Sung.

[5] During the Cold War, the DPRK provided significant aid to the Togolese government.

[6] American defector to the DPRK James Joseph Dresnok's third son, Tony, is of partial Togolese descent through his mother, who was the daughter of a Togolese diplomat and his Korean wife.