U.S. mission arrives in N. Korea

U.S. mission arrives in N. Korea

BEIJING, China - Sig Hecker (L), a former director of the Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Jack Pritchard, former U.S. presidential negotiator leave Beijing airport for North Korea on Jan. 6. With three other members of a joint private mission of U.S. policy-makers and a nuclear scientist, they flew into Pyongyang to begin a five-day visit at Pyongyang's invitation. The team may get a chance to visit a key nuclear complex that has been unchecked by foreigners since 2002.

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