| [Kyodo: Korea] China said Wednesday a senior diplomat is currently visiting North Korea, amid heightened tension on the Korean Peninsula in the wake of the sinking of a South Korean warship in March and U.S.-South Korea military exercises that began Sunday. Assistant Foreign Minister Hu Zhengyue, who is in charge of Asian affairs and protocol, is leading a delegation to North Korea as a guest of that country"s Foreign Ministry, Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu told reporters, according to official media. |