시진핑, 국빈 방북 마치고 전용기편 귀국행<br /><br />Chinese President Xi Jinping has wrapped up his state visit to North Korea.<br />Though we don't have many details of what happened today, for more, we have our Oh Jung-hee joining us from Seoul's unification ministry.<br />Jung-hee, so Xi Jinping has left Pyeongyang?<br />Aram, you're right, we're hearing that Chinese President Xi Jinping has wrapped up his two-day visit to North Korea and is right now returning to China.<br />This is the only update we've heard from North Korea, so we are not really sure what the leaders did throughout the day today but we do have a rough idea.<br />If things went as scheduled, then we're expecting that China's Xi Jinping paid tribute to the North Korea-China Friendship Tower in Pyeongyang.<br />This tower is a symbol of North Korea-China bilateral relations... as it was built in 1959 to commemorate Chinese soldiers who died fighting in the Korean War.<br />China’s high-level government officials have often visited the tower when visiting the North, including Xi Jinping himself in 2008 when he was China's Vice President.<br />North Korea's Kim Jong-un and President Xi could have had additional summit talks today along with a luncheon.<br />If they did have those talks, then the topics would've been mainly about their bilateral ties and Korean Peninsula issues.<br />As with their previous four summits when Kim Jong-un visited China, the two leaders have continued their summit into the following day.<br />North Korea's state media has put a lot of emphasis on Xi's visit, saying it's a (quote)"critical opportunity to show off their unchangeable and undefeatable friendship."<br />This is the first visit by the Chinese leader to North Korea in 14 years and a fifth summit between Kim and Xi since 2018.<br />The summit comes as Pyeongyang and Beijing celebrate 70 years of their diplomatic ties this year.<br />Aram, that's really all I have for now, but I'll bring you more updates during our later newscasts.<br />Back to you. <br />
