April 25, 2024
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Chinese special envoy to visit North Korea

Song Tao to depart on Friday, will brief DPRK officials on 19th CCP Congress

A Chinese special envoy of President Xi Jinping is slated to visit North Korea this week, the DPRK's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and Chinese media reported on Wednesday.

“Song Tao, head of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, will soon visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea,” KCNA said in an English-language dispatch.

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