S. Korean nuke envoy set to end trip to N. Korea

SEOUL, Jan. 19 (Yonhap) -- A South Korean nuclear envoy and team of experts will end a rare trip to North Korea later Monday, the foreign ministry said.

The six-member team, led by Seoul's deputy chief nuclear negotiator Hwang
Joon-kook, departed for the North last Thursday to discuss the discarding of
unused fuel rods as part of the reclusive nation's disablement of its main
nuclear complex.
"Hwang's team will fly to Beijing in the afternoon today and return to Seoul
tomorrow," ministry spokesman Moon Tae-young said.
Moon said his ministry is in touch with Hwang by phone but refused to give other
details, including the results of Hwang's visit and his meeting with North Korean
officials.
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