North Korean leader Kim Jong Un paid a surprise visit to Beijing this week to meet Chinese president Xi Jinping, with China saying Kim expressed an openness to discussions over his nation’s nuclear program. The North Korean leader paid a surprise visit to Beijing this week to meet Chinese president Xi Jinping, with China saying Kim expressed an openness to discussions over his nation’s nuclear program. Trump welcomed the meeting between Kim and Xi, while calling for continued pressure against the isolated regime. The last inter-Korean summit was held in October 2007 between then president Roh Moo-hyun and Kim Jong Il, the father of the current North Korean leader. The first summit was in June 2000 between the elder Kim and South Korean president Kim Dae-jung, a proponent of the so-called Sunshine Policy.

Source: Mint March 29, 2018 15:11 UTC