UN Secretary-General Ban to Visit North Korea This Week: Yonhap
- Ban would be latest UN Secretary-General to visit North Korea
- Ban's earlier trip was canceled at last minute in May
The bronze statue of Kim Il Sung stands on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang.
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will visit Pyongyang this week and may meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Yonhap News reported, citing a UN official it did not identify.
Ban’s earlier plan to visit North Korea was canceled at the last minute in May, prompting him to express regret. The former South Korean foreign minister has said in the past he is willing to go to North Korea to help ease tensions on the peninsula. Ban’s spokesman Stephane Dujarric declined to comment on the Yonhap report.