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Oliver Hotham
Oliver Hotham is an NK News contributor based in Seoul, South Korea. Follow him on Twitter @oliverhotham or email tips to [email protected]
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea at the end of this week, Chinese state media confirmed on Monday.
The news, announced by Hu Zhaoming, a spokesperson for the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Central Committee, will see the Chinese leader spend two days in the DPRK, from June 20-21.
North Korea’s state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) also confirmed the visit late Monday.
It will represent the first by a Chinese leader since then-leader Hu Jintao visited in 2005. Xi, too, traveled to the DPRK in his then-capacity
Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea at the end of this week, Chinese state media confirmed on Monday.
The news, announced by Hu Zhaoming, a spokesperson for the International Department of the Chinese Communist Party (CPC) Central Committee, will see the Chinese leader spend two days in the DPRK, from June 20-21.
Oliver Hotham is an NK News contributor based in Seoul, South Korea. Follow him on Twitter @oliverhotham or email tips to [email protected]
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