North Korea has cancelled a planned visit by UN Secretary-General, Ban-Ki Moon a day before it was scheduled. Mr. Ban had planned to visit an industrial park in the Kaesong economic zone that is jointly run by South Korea and North Korea.
In comments at a forum in Seoul the secretary general said that no explanation was given and the move was “deeply regrettable”.
Mr. Ban, a former foreign minister for South Korea, would have been the first UN Chief to visit North Korea in 20 years. In his initial announcement of the meeting he stated he would use it to “urge North Korea to co-operate with the international community for the Korean Peninsula and for peace and stability".
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