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Senior North Korean party official visits China as ties deepen
North Korean party official Kim Song-nam arrived in China on Tuesday, leading a delegation, according to North Korean state media.
The Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee invited the group, which was welcomed by Chinese and North Korean officials.
The visit followed Kim Jong-un’s trip to Dandong 10 days earlier.
The two countries are increasing high-level exchanges as they deepen cooperation.
Their relations had cooled as North Korea strengthened ties with Russia over the war in Ukraine.
A Chinese party school delegation also visited Pyongyang, where it met a North Korean party secretary and visited a training school.
Kim Song-nam, a senior North Korean ruling party official, arrived in China with a party delegation.
He began the trip on Tuesday at the invitation of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee.
The visit follows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un’s visit to the Chinese border city of Dandong 10 days earlier.
The two countries have been deepening cooperation after relations cooled amid North Korea’s closer ties with Russia over the Ukraine war.
- Who
- Kim Song-nam, a Workers’ Party of Korea Political Bureau member and party secretary, is leading a party delegation.
- What
- He is visiting China at the invitation of the Chinese Communist Party’s Central Committee.
- When
- He began the trip on Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2026.
- Where
- China.
- Why
- The visit is part of efforts to strengthen cooperation and high-level exchanges between North Korea and China.
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A delegation led by Xie Chuntao arrived in Pyongyang and met North Korean party secretary Ju Chang-il.
Kim Song-nam and his delegation departed for China.
North Korean state media confirmed that Kim and his delegation had arrived in China.
- North Korean official
- Kim Song-nam
- Delegation departure
- Nov. 3, 2026
- Chinese invitation
- Communist Party’s Central Committee
- Earlier visit
- Kim Jong-un visited Dandong 10 days before Kim Song-nam’s trip