김정은 베이징 도착... 시진핑과 4차 정상회담 예정

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is in China for the fourth time, for another summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
North Korean and Chinese state media have both confirmed the news... and reported that Xi invited Kim to Beijing.
Oh Jung-hee reports.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is in China for a summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
A special train carrying Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol-ju... plus a few other key officials from the regime arrived in Beijing on Tuesday morning.
According to North Korean and Chinese media, Chinese President Xi Jinping invited Kim Jong-un for the four-day visit.
Kim's was accompanied by several top aides, including Kim Yong-chol, the official in charge of negotiations with the U.S. State Department, and a couple of key foreign affairs officials like Ri Su-yong and Ri Yong-ho... as well as those in charge of the economy and the military.
This is Kim Jong-un's fourth visit to China.
He met with Xi Jinping three times last year -- once before his first summit with South Korean President Moon Jae-in,... once before his June summit with U.S. President Donald Trump,... and once right after the Singapore summit.
All in all, Kim met Xi roughly a month before those big events.
So, Kim's Beijing visit this time raises the question of whether a second Pyeongyang-Washington summit or Kim's cross-border visit to South Korea will happen any time soon.
As Washington has been creating the atmosphere for another summit with North Korea, it's highly likely that Kim and Xi will share opinions on the denuclearization talks.
Involving China in the signing of the peace treaty could be another talking point... as Kim Jong-un, through his New Year's Address,... called for multilateral negotiations to end the decades-long war.
Watchers also believe Kim could tour around some industrial facilities in China, in view of his focus on economic development.
Differently from the past, Pyeongyang's state media revealed the news that Kim is away to China... while he was still on his way to Beijing.
In the case of the past three visits, the agency reported the news on the last day of the visit or after the visit.
Oh Jung-hee, Arirang News.