NORTH TO ALLOW UN RIGHTS EXPERT

Geneva, April 27: North Korea has for the first time greed to host a UN rights expert, granting access next week to the special rapporteur on disabled people’s rights, the world body said on Thursday.

Catalina Devandas-Aguilar is scheduled to arrive in the isolated country on Wednesday following an invitation from Pyongyang, the UN rights office said in a statement.

Meanwhile, North Korea has appealed to Southeast Asian countries for support in its row with the US to prevent what it warned could be a “nuclear holocaust.”