Ex-US President Carter plans to visit North Korea

Former US President Jimmy Carter is planning to visit North Korea soon to try to win the release of a US citizen held for committing crimes against the reclusive state, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported on Monday.

Carter has made contact with the North to arrange for the visit, and he is likely to make the trip in a personal capacity to secure the release of Kenneth Bae, the US citizen, a source in Washington was quoted as saying by Yonhap. (Reuters)