North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (second right) and Chinese president Xi Jinping (left) walk with their spouses during a welcome ceremony for the Chinese leader in Pyongyang, North Korea. (EPA Images pic)SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to have arrived in the Chinese border city of Dandong, a government source in Seoul and South Korean media said on Saturday.
Kim crossed via a major border bridge that only officially opened last week, 12 years after its completion, deepening economic ties between China and diplomatically isolated, nuclear-armed North Korea.
China is North Korea's largest trading partner and a vital source of diplomatic, economic and political support for Pyongyang, although ties have not always been smooth.
