UN's Ban Ki-moon to visit North Korea, report says
- 9 years ago
United Nations Secretary General Ban Ki-moon will visit North Korea this week, according to South Korean news agency Yonhap.
If it goes ahead, it will be the first visit by a UN chief to the country in more than two decades.
North Korea faces heavy UN, EU and US sanctions for its nuclear tests.
The report said it was likely he would meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un during his trip.
No exact date was given for the visit.
Mr Ban, a former South Korean foreign minister, would be only the third secretary general to ever visit the North.
If it goes ahead, it will be the first visit by a UN chief to the country in more than two decades.
North Korea faces heavy UN, EU and US sanctions for its nuclear tests.
The report said it was likely he would meet North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un during his trip.
No exact date was given for the visit.
Mr Ban, a former South Korean foreign minister, would be only the third secretary general to ever visit the North.