North Korea's Kim Jong Un visits China via Dandong bridge, South Korean official says
Kim crossed the newly opened bridge as Beijing and Pyongyang seek to deepen trade and political ties after years of strained relations.
- North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in the Chinese border city of Dandong on Saturday after crossing the newly opened New Yalu River Bridge, according to a South Korean government source.
- The bridge connects North Korea’s border city of Sinuiju with Dandong in China’s Liaoning province and is expected to facilitate cross-border trade and transportation.
- Kim’s reported visit comes as Pyongyang and Beijing seek to strengthen their economic and diplomatic relations following a series of high-level exchanges between the two countries.
- Kim last visited China in September 2025, when he attended celebrations marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II and met Chinese President Xi Jinping.
- The reported visit comes amid uncertainty over the possibility of a meeting between Kim and US President Donald Trump during next month’s
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited China this Saturday, where he inaugurated a new bridge connecting the two countries and noted that he hopes to expand cooperation with his powerful neighbor. Kim’s visit to China is his latest movement in an increasingly assertive foreign policy, as he seeks to align Pyongyang with Beijing and Moscow on a united front against the United States under what he describes as a “new Cold War.” It is his first vi…
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un made an unannounced visit to the Chinese border city of Dandong on Saturday (October 24) and returned to Pyongyang via the same route after the visit ended that day.
Kim Jong-un arrives in China without warning and stirs up diplomatic speculation; the North Korean leader crossed the Yalu River Bridge.
China's top political advisor accompanies DPRK top leader on visit to border city
China's top political advisor Wang Huning on Saturday accompanied Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), on a visit to Dandong in northeast China's Liaoning Province.
North Korean leader makes an unexpected visit to the border town of Dandong on the eve of the anniversary of Chinese intervention in the Korean War
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