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Xi Jinping to Visit North Korea on June 8-9

by SONG YOONSEO Posted : June 6, 2026, 08:18Updated : June 6, 2026, 08:18
Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to North Korea from June 8 to 9, as announced by China and North Korea on June 5. This will be Xi's second visit to North Korea since Kim Jong Un took power and his first in nearly seven years since June 2019. The photo shows Xi shaking hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before their summit in Pyongyang on June 20, 2019.
Chinese President Xi Jinping will make a state visit to North Korea from June 8 to 9, as announced by China and North Korea on June 5. This will be Xi's second visit to North Korea since Kim Jong Un took power and his first in nearly seven years since June 2019. The photo shows Xi shaking hands with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un before their summit in Pyongyang on June 20, 2019. [Photo=Yonhap News]

North Korea has reported that Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit the country on June 8-9.

According to Yonhap News on June 6, the ruling Workers' Party's newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, published an article on its second page stating, "Comrade Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China and President of the People's Republic of China, will visit the Democratic People's Republic of Korea at the invitation of Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission, on June 8-9."

During Xi's previous visit to North Korea in 2019, the newspaper published an editorial the day before his arrival titled, "Let us carry on the friendship between China and North Korea and continue to write a new chapter of the era." However, this time, the report only confirmed Xi's visit without any additional welcoming commentary or editorial.

Xi's upcoming visit marks his first trip to North Korea since June 20-21, 2019. The day before, North Korea's state media, Korean Central News Agency, reported the news of Xi's visit simultaneously with the Chinese Foreign Ministry.



* This article has been translated by AI.
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