UN chief Ban Ki-moon hopes to visit North Korea
November 25, 2015
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has said he hopes to visit North Korea “at the earliest time”, but that no decision has been made. It was his first acknowledgement that discussions are ongoing. The UN recently denied media reports that a visit which included a meeting with leader Kim Jong-un had been confirmed for this week
The two Koreas are scheduled to hold rare talks on Thursday aimed at improving relations. The meeting would be the first between the two sides since August when tensions bubbled over into a brief exchange of fire at the heavily guarded border. On Tuesday North Korea criticised the South for staging a live-fire drill near their disputed sea border saying it might respond to the “confrontation”.