Former US envoy urges US to ease N. Korean travel ban, citing impact on aid workers

A former US envoy for North Korean human rights issues stressed the need Monday for the United States to ease its longstanding ban on US citizens' travel to North Korea, noting that the prohibition has also prevented Americans from offering humanitarian aid to the reclusive state. In an article released on the website of the Korea Economic Institute of America, Robert King, who served as special envoy for North Korean human rights issues from 2009-2017, said that the US has renewed the travel ba