Kim Jong Un Heads to China Following Summit With Trump
- North Korean leader makes third visit to neighbor since March
- Trip comes as Trump follows through on pledge to halt drills
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Kim Jong Un visited China on the same day the Pentagon officially suspended a key military exercise with South Korea, two moves underscoring the North Korean leader’s success in rolling back the U.S.-led “maximum pressure” campaign against his regime.
Kim was expected to begin a two-day visit to Beijing on Tuesday, China’s official Xinhua News Agency said, the North Korean leader’s third trip to the country since March. While neither Chinese nor North Korean state media explained the visit, Kim would likely confer with Chinese President Xi Jinping about his landmark summit with U.S. President Donald Trump last week in Singapore.