The US state department said a Swedish envoy acting on behalf of Washington, which has no diplomatic relations with Pyongyang, had visited the journalists for the first time over the weekend.

• 美国国务院说因为华盛顿和平壤没有建立外交关系，一个瑞典的大使代表华盛顿在上周末第一次去探访了这两名记者。