Top North Korean military official Kim Su Gil is this week making a rare trip to China, Japanese and South Korean outlets reported on Friday.

Kim serves as director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People’s Army (KPA) and as a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and State Affairs Commission (SAC).

Japanese public broadcaster NHK said that a North Korean military delegation had arrived in Beijing on Friday, carrying a photo of Kim departing the airport.

DPRK defense minister No Kwang Chol, first vice director at the International