North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, along with his wife Ri Sol Ju and ministerial delegation has left for a four-day visit to China. Yonhap reported that the North Korean leader, at an invitation by the China President Xi Jinping, was accompanied by his government and military officials, including Kim Yong-chol, a key nuclear negotiator with the US, and Ri Yong-ho and No Kwang-chol, the country's foreign and defence ministers.

This trip marks the fourth visit of the North Korean leader to China, amid talks of to fix a location for the second meeting between the former and United States President Donald Trump.