Kim Jong-un visits China after Trump summit

The North Korean leader was expected to brief China’s leadership on his talks with Mr Trump

North Korea’s Kim Jong-un has met Chinese leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, local media report, a week after meeting US President Donald Trump.

Chinese state TV did not say what the two leaders had talked about.

However they were expected to discuss sanctions and Mr Kim’s general commitment to denuclearise the Korean peninsula.

Beijing, North Korea’s only economic ally, has already suggested sanctions against North Korea could be eased.

Meanwhile, the US and South Korea have confirmed they have suspended planning for their next joint military drills.

That follows a pledge made by Mr Trump at the Singapore summit.

SOURCE: BBC NEWS

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