Seoul urges China's envoy to pressure N Korea on n-programme

Seoul: The South Korean government on Thursday called for the Chinese envoy scheduled to visit North Korea to pressure Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile development programme. Song Tao, the head of the International Department of the Communist Party of China, is set to visit North Korea on Friday to discuss an outcome of the Communist Party of China's 19th Congress that saw President Xi Jinping's term as the party's Secretary General renewed. "We hope that the visit will serve as an occasion to deliver the international community's concerns about North Korea's nuclear threats and North Korea could respond to it," Yonhap news agency quoted.