Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, kicked off a two-day state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) on June 8 at the invitation of Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK.

Xi Jinping will visit North Korea June 8-9 for his first Pyongyang trip since 2019, aiming to reassert China's influence amid growing DPRK-Russia ties.

President Xi Jinping will kick off a state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea on Monday, his first trip to the neighboring country in seven years and his first…