King to lead U.S. mission to N. Korea on food assessment, rights issues: State Dept.

By Hwang Doo-hyong
WASHINGTON, May 20 (Yonhap) -- The United States said Friday it will send a delegation to North Korea next week to assess the food situation and discuss human rights conditions in the impoverished communist state.
The mission, led by Robert King, special envoy for North Korean human rights issues, will travel to North Korea for five days from Tuesday for "food assessment" and to address "appropriate human rights issues," State Department spokesman Mark Toner said at a daily news briefing.
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