Xi Jinping set for North Korea visit next week, first since 2019 amid geopolitical strains
Beijing's latest diplomatic outreach to Pyongyang comes as North Korea balances ties with both China and Russia while expanding its nuclear capabilities.
Beijing's latest diplomatic outreach to Pyongyang comes as North Korea balances ties with both China and Russia while expanding its nuclear capabilities.
Recent times have seen “strongmen” leaders like Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, Mohammad Bin Salman, Paul Kagame, Kim Jong Un etc.
Over 70 per cent of North Korea’s lawmakers have been replaced after the latest vote, signalling a major internal reshuffle as the country prepares for key political decisions.
Trump has a rapport with North Korean dictator, or so he likes to think. US Prez wants to meet him to put China in its place and push Japan to fund Golden Dome interceptor system since war with Iran has degraded its own stockpile of missiles.
While the world worries about missiles and military strikes, the internet has found a strange way to cope. And somehow, Kim Jong Un has become the star of the meme show.
The North hailed its new missiles as a “strategic weapon of great significance”, implying that they were being developed with an intent to arm them with nuclear warheads.
North Korea's angry reaction to the drills further diminishes South Korean hopes for improving bilateral ties, which rose after the North agreed to reopen long-stalled communication channels with the South in late July.
Kim made the comments in a message to President Xi Jinping congratulating him on the 100th founding anniversary of the Chinese Communist Party
Kim Yo Jong’s blunt statement indicates that the diplomatic impasse over North Korea’s nuclear program is likely to continue unless the North suffers greater pandemic-related economic difficulties and needs urgent outside assistance
The move comes after the United States and others urged the North to abandon its nuclear program and return to talks.
