US envoy for North Korea to visit South amid standoff over military drills, South Asia News & Top Stories


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SEOUL (REUTERS) - The US envoy for North Korea will visit South Korea this weekend, South Korea's Foreign Ministry said on Friday (Aug 20), amid a stand-off over South Korea-US military exercises that the North has warned could trigger a security crisis. US special representative for North Korea Sung Kim arrives in Seoul on Saturday for a four-day visit, during which he will meet his South Korean counterpart, Mr Noh Kyu-duk, and other officials, the ministry said. "Noh will hold talks with Kim on Monday and discuss ways of cooperation to bring substantive progress for the complete denuclearisation and lasting...