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soryang

(3,299 posts) Mon Jan 7, 2019, 02:47 PM Jan 2019

Special North Korean train reportedly crosses Chinese border

Special North Korean train reportedly crosses Chinese border
Speculation grows that Kim Jong-un could visit Beijing

The Guardian AFP in Seoul

Mon 7 Jan 2019 12.53 EST

The train crossed the border at about 22.15 local time (14.15 GMT) and was expected in the Chinese capital on Tuesday morning, the South Korean news agency Yonhap reported, citing an informed source.

In the Chinese border city of Dandong, dozens of security vehicles and officials blocked the roads around the station before the train passed through, Yonhap reported, before reopening them afterwards.

It had not been confirmed whether a senior North Korean official was on board, the agency quoted its source as saying.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/07/special-north-korean-train-reportedly-crosses-chinese-border

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New headline at link: North Korea's Kim Jong-un arrives in China for meeting with Xi Jinping Eugene Jan 2019 #1

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1. New headline at link: North Korea's Kim Jong-un arrives in China for meeting with Xi Jinping

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Mon Jan 7, 2019, 09:53 PM

Jan 2019

North Korea's Kim Jong-un arrives in China for meeting with Xi Jinping

Agencies
Tue 8 Jan 2019 01.26 GMT

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in China on Monday for a three-day visit at the invitation of Chinese president Xi Jinping, China’s official Xinhua news agency reported on Tuesday.

Kim’s visit, which state media confirmed would last for three days is his fourth summit with Xi, comes amid reports of advanced negotiations for a second summit between the North Korean leader and US president Donald Trump.

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