Xi to Visit North Korea Next Week for First Time Since 2019

The trip comes just weeks after Xi separately hosted US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in Beijing.

Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea next Monday and Tuesday in a show of the two countries’ strong ties.

Now, nearly seven years later, as Mr. Xi returns to North Korea on Monday, he will meet with a leader who is newly emboldened by an alliance with Russia that has helped his economy break out of isolation.

The announcement came a day after North Korea unveiled a new facility to produce nuclear bomb fuels.