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Chinese foreign minister to visit North Korea for 2-day trip starting Thursday

Published: 08 Apr. 2026, 17:23

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi speaks during a press conference on the sidelines of the National People's Congress at the media center in Beijing on March 8. [AP/YONHAP]

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi will visit North Korea for a two-day trip starting on Thursday, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on Wednesday.

“Comrade Wang Yi, a member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and minister of foreign affairs of the People’s Republic of China, will visit our country from Thursday to Friday at the invitation of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea,” KCNA said.

The meeting will mark the first talks between the foreign ministers of North Korea and China since September last year, when North Korean Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui visited Beijing. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un also met with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing earlier that month.

Chinese Foreign Minister Wang’s visit to North Korea is to be closely watched as it comes ahead of a U.S.-China summit scheduled for next month. U.S. President Donald Trump is scheduled to visit China from May 14 to 15 for a summit with President Xi.

This article was originally written in Korean and translated by a bilingual reporter with the help of generative AI tools. It was then edited by a native English-speaking editor. All AI-assisted translations are reviewed and refined by our newsroom.
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