Travellers warned over N Korea visit

The Federal Government has issued a new travel advisory for North Korea, telling travellers tensions on the Korean Peninsula could escalate with little warning.
Pyongyang has threatened further provocation and hostile acts amid tensions over the sinking of a South Korean ship in March.
Foreign Minister Stephen Smith says he is working closely with other countries to try to bring the matter to the United Nations Security Council, where it is hoped new sanctions will be imposed on North Korea.
"We very much see the need for restraint," he said.
"We do not want this matter to escalate into any further incidents of conflict and we have been highly supportive of the Republic of Korea's restraint in the face of major provocation."