UN chief ready to help Korean peace, no comment on Pyongyang visit

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has always said he is ready to play a role to help dialogue and peace on the Korean peninsula, the U.N. spokesman's office said in a statement on Monday.
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The spokesman's office said it had no comment on a report by South Korea's Yonhap news agency earlier on Monday that Ban planned to visit North Korea this week, citing a senior UN source.