China's Xi to visit N. Korea next week: KCNA

SEOUL, June 5 (Yonhap) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping will visit North Korea next week, Pyongyang's state media said Friday.

Xi will "pay a state visit" to North Korea on June 8-9, the Korean Central News Agency reported, without providing further details.

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (L) holds hands with Chinese President Xi Jinping during their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing on Sept. 4, 2025, in this file photo released by the North's official Korean Central News Agency the next day. Kim visited the Chinese capital to attend a military parade marking the 80th anniversary the previous day of Japan's surrender and the end of World War II. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)