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Friendship or leverage: Why is Xi Jinping in North Korea?

Pyongyang, but without being dragged into crises triggered by North Korea's nuclear ambitions. So Xi's visit

North Korea needs China for survival: Why does Beijing need Pyongyang?

Pyongyang? China’s President Xi Jinping has arrived in Pyongyang on [his first overseas trip

‘As close as lips and teeth’: The highs and lows of China-North Korea ties

Pyongyang on Monday to the full theatre of [North Korean](/news/2026/6/8/chinas-xi-jinping-arrives-in-north-korea-on-rare-state-visit) state ceremony, with flags

China’s Xi, North Korea’s Kim pledge to boost ties at rare Pyongyang summit

Pyongyang summit China’s President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un have

China re‑centers North Korea ties as nuclear silence reshapes balance

Pyongyang on Monday. **朝鮮通信社/KCNA via KNS via AP** 朝鮮通信社/KCNA via KNS via AP SEOUL/SHANGHAI

Xi Jinping and Kim Jong Un vow stronger ties as North Korea visit wraps up

Pyongyang. Reportedly built in 2019 to welcome Xi for his first-ever state visit to Pyongyang

Thousands of North Koreans fought for Russia. A memorial hints at the death toll

Pyongyang. South Korea estimates at least 11,000 North Koreans were sent to Russia to help

Xi Jinping set to meet Kim Jong-un in North Korea, as China seeks to revitalise relationship

Pyongyang. North Korea is China’s only formal treaty ally but in recent years their

Xi and Kim express hopes for greater ties between China and North Korea

Pyongyang in a likely attempt to reassert Beijing's unique influence over its socialist neighbor

China’s Xi Jinping arrives in North Korea on rare state visit

Pyongyang, marking a rare state visit to North Korea [for a leader who has steadily

China’s Xi headed to North Korea in bid to shore up ties

Pyongyang will be the Chinese president’s first trip to Pyongyang in seven years, having

Ousted South Korean President Yoon given prison term for drone flights over Pyongyang

Pyongyang ![South Korea's ousted former President Yoon Suk Yeol arrives to attend his trial

North Korea opens museum commemorating troops killed fighting for Russia

Pyongyang for its soldiers killed while fighting alongside Russian forces in the war in Ukraine

North Korea rapidly expanding nuclear weapons capability, UN watchdog warns

Pyongyang has acquired what some experts say is a workable nuclear capability that includes intercontinental

North Korea's powerhouse women footballers are in Seoul to fight for title

Pyongyang's long-standing goal of reunification with the South and has since designated it a "hostile

Key bridge linking North Korea and Russia almost finished, satellite images show

Pyongyang and Moscow that has seen North Korean troops fighting alongside Russian forces following the full

North Korea says it is not bound by any treaty on nuclear non-proliferation

Pyongyang will not be bound by any treaty on atomic weapons and that no external

Kim Jong Un praises troops who 'self-blasted' to avoid capture by Ukraine

Pyongyang nor Moscow have confirmed the numbers. Intelligence agencies and defectors have said the soldiers

US-Iran peace talks could resume in next two days, Trump says | First Thing

Pyongyang in January.](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/media/1233917267c5ad953e6d885901a14c1e9920f699/0_99_1380_776/master/1380.jpg?width=445&dpr=1&s=none&crop=none) Kim Jong-un (centre) inspects a test launch of hypersonic

N Korea’s Kim Jong Un calls for ‘exponential’ expansion of nuclear arsenal

Pyongyang, North Korea, June 1, 2026, in this picture released by North Korea's official