Carter, ex-leaders to visit DPRK

The group will discuss inter-Korean ties, resumption of Six-Party Talks

SEOUL - Three former world leaders will accompany ex-US president Jimmy Carter to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) this month to discuss tensions on the peninsula and food shortages in the state, a report said on Monday.

JoongAng Daily, quoting diplomatic sources in the Republic of Korea (ROK), said Carter would be accompanied by former Finnish president Martti Ahtisaari, former Irish president Mary Robinson and former Norwegian prime minister Gro Harlem Brundtland.