China and North Korea Strengthen Strategic Ties as Kim Jong-un Reaffirms Partnership with Xi Jinping

China and North Korea’s friendship is “unbreakable,” Xi Jinping declared during his June 8-9 state visit to Pyongyang — his first trip to North Korea in seven years and his first overseas visit of 2026. Kim Jong-un received the Chinese leader from what analysts described as an unusually strong position, with North Korea’s weapons program […]

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