The Latest: North Korea’s top diplomat heading to UN meeting

North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, left, shakes hands with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Pak Myong Guk as he leaves the Pyongyang Airport, North Korea Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. Ri flew out of Pyongyang Tuesday morning to go to New York for the U.N. General Assembly. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin) North Korean Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, left, shakes hands with North Korean Vice Foreign Minister Pak Myong Guk as he leaves the Pyongyang Airport, North Korea Tuesday, Sept. 19, 2017. Ri flew out of Pyongyang Tuesday morning to go to New York for the U.N. General Assembly. (AP Photo/Jon Chol Jin)

By Associated Press September 18, 2017 3 min read

UNITED NATIONS (AP) – The latest on the U.N. General Assembly meeting (all times local):

11:30 p.m.

North Korea’s top diplomat is headed to New York to attend the annual meeting of the U.N. General Assembly.

Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho arrived Tuesday in Beijing after departing Pyongyang, the North Korean capital, on an Air Koryo flight.

It’s not the first time for a North Korean foreign minister to attend the General Assembly, but this visit comes at a time of increased tension on the Korean Peninsula.