Rights envoy Robert King became the first US official to visit the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) in 17 months on Tuesday, as Washington considers whether to resume food aid and as momentum builds to resume nuclear disarmament talks.
King is leading a team of five people on the trip to evaluate the destitute the DPRK’s pleas for food, which have been questioned by the Republic of Korea (RoK) and some high profile US senators.
Stephen Bosworth, the US special envoy for the DPRK, was the last American official to visit Pyongyang in December 2009.
The United States is under pressure to resume food aid after the United Nations said in a report this year that more than 6 million DPRK people urgently need help.
Washington has stressed that King's trip does not mean a resumption of aid is imminent.
Reuters
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