▲ North Korea's Foreign Minister Choe Son-hui (L) shakes hands with Chinese Premier Li Qiang on Sept. 29, 2025, in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency the next day. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

Chinese premier-N Korea visit

China's Li to visit N. Korea to attend key ruling party anniversary

By Chae Yun-hwan

SEOUL, Oct. 7 (Yonhap) -- Chinese Premier Li Qiang will visit North Korea this week to attend the North's commemorative events to mark the 80th founding anniversary of its ruling party, the North's state media said Tuesday.

Li will lead a Chinese delegation to take part in the celebrations of the founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea at the invitation of North Korea, according to the Korean Central News Agency.

North Korea celebrates its ruling party's foundation anniversary on Oct. 10 every year, which falls on Friday this year.

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