North Korea sends special envoy to China

Kim Jong-un
“Choe Ryong-hae, the chief of the General Political Bureau of the North Korean military, departed from Pyongyang by airplane on May 22 to visit to the People’s Republic of China as a special envoy of respected comrade Kim Jong-un,” the KCNA reported in a one-sentence dispatch.
The KCNA didn’t disclose the purpose of the visit or any other specific schedule.

Choe Ryong-hae
His visit to China, the closest ally of Pyongyang and its biggest trading partner, came ahead of a Washington-Beijing summit on June 7-8 between Barack Obama and China’s President Xi Jinping. South Korean President Park Geun-hye is also preparing for her first meeting with Xi at the end of June.
By Kim Hee-jin [heejin@joongang.co.kr]
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