North Korea's Kim Jong Un visits China via Dandong bridge, South Korean official says
Kim met senior Chinese officials and visited a Korean War memorial, underscoring efforts to deepen trade and political ties after the bridge opened last week.
- 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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The NationNorth Korea’s Kim crosses new bridge into China as trade ties warm
Reuters — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the Chinese border city of Dandong on Saturday, Xinhua reported, crossing a newly opened bridge in a symbolic move seen as highlighting Beijing and Pyongyang’s push to expand trade ties. Kim was accompanied during his visit by China’s fourth-highest-ranked official Wang Huning, who conveyed greetings from President …
North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong-un made an unannounced visit to Dandong, China, to attend the official opening ceremony of the new Yalu River Bridge.
The North Korean leader visited China to attend a memorial ceremony for Chinese soldiers who died in the war with South Korea and its allies. The post Kim Jong Un visited China on the same day to lay a wreath for the fallen in Korea appeared first on in.gr.
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NDTV ProfitKim Jong Un visits China for second trip in just over a year
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the Chinese city of Dandong on Saturday, his second visit to China since September 2025 and ahead of a trip to the region by U.S. President Donald Trump next month.
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