▲ North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (R) and Chinese President Xi Jinping pose for a photo on June 8, 2026, ahead of their summit talks in Pyongyang, in this file photo carried by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency the following day. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

NK premier-China visit

N. Korea's premier arrives in China for 65th anniv. of friendship treaty

SEOUL, July 10 (Yonhap) -- North Korean Premier Pak Thae-song arrived in Beijing on Friday to attend an event marking the 65th anniversary of the signing of a friendship treaty between the two nations, China's Xinhua News Agency reported.

A North Korean party and government delegation, led by Pak, was set to visit China until Sunday to attend the event commemorating the treaty anniversary at the invitation of China's Communist Party, according to the report.

The Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance was signed July 11, 1961, by late North Korea founder and former leader Kim Il-sung and then Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai.

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