South Korean Officials to Visit Pyongyang for Talks

SEOUL—South Korea said that it would send its top national security adviser to Pyongyang this week to discuss ways to facilitate dialogue between the U.S. and North Korea on denuclearization, pushing forward engagement even as the U.S. remains wary of talking to the nuclear-armed state.

Chung Eui-yong, the head of the South’s National Security Council, and Suh Hoon, Seoul’s top intelligence official, will lead a ten-member delegation to Pyongyang for a two-day trip beginning Monday, Yoon Young-chan, a spokesman for the presidential...