N. Korea's Kim, Xi to hold 'in-depth' summit: China's foreign ministry

▲ This image, published by the Korean Central News Agency on Sept. 4, 2025, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (R) holding the hands of Chinese President Xi Jinping ahead of China's military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing on Sept. 3. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

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N. Korea's Kim, Xi to hold 'in-depth' summit: China's foreign ministry

By Park Boram

BEIJING/SEOUL, Sept. 4 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold an "in-depth" summit, China's foreign ministry said Thursday.

China's foreign ministry spokesman, Guo Jiakun, made the remarks a day after Kim and Xi, together with Russian President Vladimir Putin, took center stage at China's large-scale military parade at Tiananmen Square in Beijing.

When the meeting will take place is not immediately known.

Kim was in Beijing for a third day on Thursday after arriving aboard his private armored train with his daughter and heir apparent, Ju-ae, to attend the parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War II.

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