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US envoy makes groundbreaking trip to DPRK

Updated: 2011-05-24 13:37

(Agencies)

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SEOUL - US envoy Robert King headed to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on Tuesday, the first official US visit to Pyongyang in 17 months as Washington considers whether to resume food aid and as momentum builds to resume nuclear disarmament talks.

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The envoy will lead a team of five people on the week-long trip to evaluate the DPRK's pleas for food, which have been questioned by South Korea and some high profile US senators.

The United States is under pressure to resume food aid after a UN report said earlier this year that more than 6 million people in DPRK urgently need help.

Washington has stressed that King's trip does not mean a resumption of aid was imminent.

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