▲ President Lee Jae Myung (L) takes a selfie with Chinese President Xi Jinping after a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Jan. 5, 2026. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)
▲ President Lee Jae Myung (L) takes a selfie with first lady Kim Hea Kyung (2nd from L), along with Chinese President Xi Jinping (2nd from R) and his wife, Peng Liyuan (R), after a state dinner at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Jan. 5, 2026. (Pool photo) (Yonhap)

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Lee takes selfies with China's Xi after state dinner

By Kim Eun-jung

BEIJING, Jan. 6 (Yonhap) -- President Lee Jae Myung has posted selfies with Chinese President Xi Jinping, just after they held a state dinner following summit talks.

The selfies were taken Monday on a Xiaomi smartphone that Lee had received from Xi on the sidelines of the APEC summit in South Korea late last year after the leaders held their first summit talks.

In a post on his X account, Lee said he took the selfies using the Xiaomi smartphone.

"Thanks to you, I got once-in-a-lifetime photos," Lee wrote on the post titled, "Isn't the image quality great?"

Another selfie showed Lee snapping the photo with first lady Kim Hea Kyung, Xi and his wife, Peng Liyuan.

Xi had presented Lee with two Xiaomi smartphones equipped with Korean-made displays. At the time, Lee jokingly asked whether the line was secure, prompting Xi to laugh and suggest he check if there was any "backdoor."

Lee said he hopes to stay in close touch with Xi to further advance bilateral relations based on personal trust.

"The closer we meet, the more Korea-China relations are being untangled. (We) will communicate more often and cooperate even more in the future," he wrote.

National Security Adviser Wi Sung-lac told reporters that the two leaders built personal rapport through the recent summits, describing it as "an important achievement" of Lee's state visit.

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