Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter arrived in Pyongyang Wednesday afternoon aboard a civilian jet. His trip is reportedly aimed at securing the release of an imprisoned American.

A Xinhua reporter who reported from Pyongyang international airport said Carter was greeted by Kim Kye Gwan, vice foreign minister of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and declined to speak to the press at the airport.

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