BEIJING: Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un met in northeast China on Tuesday in an unannounced visit by the North Korean leader ahead of an expected summit with US President Donald Trump. "After the first meeting between me and Comrade Chairman [Kim], both China-DPRK relations and the Korean peninsula situation have made positive progress. I feel happy about it," Mr Xi said, according to Xinhua. For his part, Mr Kim was quoted as saying: "These are the positive outcomes of the historic meeting between me and Comrade General Secretary (Xi)." Japanese media had earlier shown images of an aeroplane normally used by North Korean VIPs flying out of Dalian, fuelling speculation that Mr Kim had been in town.

Source: Bangkok Post May 08, 2018 11:48 UTC