Jan. 1 (Asia Today) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping and his wife sent New Year's greetings to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un but North Korean state media gave the exchange scant attention and did not publish Xi's message, according to diplomatic sources in Beijing.
The Korean Central News Agency mentioned Xi's greeting in a roundup of messages from multiple foreign leaders, including Vietnam's president and Myanmar's interim president, the sources said. Rodong Sinmun, the newspaper of the ruling Workers' Party, also carried the item in a brief reference placed low in its coverage.
Neither outlet disclosed the contents of Xi's greeting, the sources said, in contrast with extensive coverage of Kim's exchange with Russian President Vladimir Putin.
North Korea reported that Kim sent Putin a New Year's message Saturday and published it on Rodong Sinmun's front page, the sources said. North Korea also said Putin sent Kim a New Year's message Thursday.
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