SEOUL:  UN chief Ban Ki-moon is to visit North Korea, the first head of the world body to set foot in the isolated state for more than 20 years, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Monday.

Citing an unidentified high-level UN source, Yonhap said Ban would visit Pyongyang in his official capacity as secretary general later this week, though no precise dates were given.

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