Jimmy Carter arrives in Korea N

 former President Jimmy Carter has paid several visits to Northern Korea in the past of former US President Jimmy Carter arrived in the North Korean capital Pyongyang in boost to resolve the impasse on the nuclear programme of the country.

Mr. Carter took part in a three day visit by the leaders of the old world of a group called seniors.

They hope to meet leader reclus in the Korea of the North, Kim Jong-il.

The group includes the former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari and former Irish President Mary Robinson.

He left for Pyongyang, Mr. Carter said that the Group also hoped to meet Kim Jong-il's son and heir Kim Jong-un, according to AP.

But he said it was uncertain if that would occur.

Nuclear tensions

The group, which includes also former Prime Minister of Norway Gro Brundtland, will remain in Pyongyang until Thursday before flying to South Korea.

During the visit, they are expected to submit a report to those involved in the Korea of North nuclear negotiations, based on the meetings held in Beijing, Pyongyang and Seoul.

Six Nations negotiations designed to end Pyongyang's nuclear program were blocked for months.

High tension between the two Koreas - after the sinking of a South Korean warship last year and the North Korean bombing in November of an island in the southern border Korean - hampered efforts to revive their.

Food shortages in the country should also be on the agenda for the talks.

According to the UN, more than six million people – a quarter of the population of North Korea - are undernourished.

Former US President last visited the Korea of the North in August 2010 for the release of an American citizen, Aijalon Gomes, who was imprisoned by the North for illegal entry.

But Mr. Carter said an agency to South Korean press that he did not intend to raise the case of an another U.S. national, Jun Young-su, who is detained in alleged Communist State for missionary work.

The Group of elders was formed four years ago by former South African President Nelson Mandela.

Members believe that their unique experience as the former leaders - and their independence of any country or organization - can help solve some of the most intractable problems of the world.