The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has made a second surprise visit to China to meet its president, Xi Jinping, amid a flurry of diplomacy as Kim prepares for a summit with Donald Trump. It is the second meeting between the two leaders in about 40 days, and was kept secret until Kim had left China. The statement seemed to be at odds with demands from the US, which has called on North Korea to immediately disarm. Kim and Xi have had a frosty relationship since Kim came to power in 2011, only meeting for the first time in late March. That was Kim’s first official trip outside North Korea when he travelled to Beijing in a bullet-proof train.

Source: The Guardian May 08, 2018 14:03 UTC