Russian And Chinese Officials Join North Korean Kim At Military Parade

 

Reuters: Russian, Chinese officials join Kim at North Korea military parade 

SEOUL (Reuters) - Chinese and Russian officials stood shoulder to shoulder with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as they reviewed his newest nuclear-capable missiles and attack drones at a military parade in the capital, North Korean state media showed on Friday. 

The widely anticipated parade in Pyongyang the previous day commemorated the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, celebrated in North Korea as "Victory Day".

 Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu's visit was the first by Moscow's top defence official since the 1991 break-up of the Soviet Union. The Chinese delegation was the first since the COVID-19 pandemic. 

Their appearance at events with the North's nuclear-capable missiles - banned by the U.N. Security Council with Chinese and Russian support - was in contrast from previous years, when Beijing and Moscow sought to distance themselves from their neighbour's nuclear weapons and ballistic missile development.

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Russian And Chinese Officials Join North Korean Kim At Military Parade  

North Korea showcases attack drones during show of unity with China and Russia -- The Guardian  

Kim Jong Un Shows Nuclear Missiles to Russia, China at Parade -- Bloomberg  

Kim Jong Un joined by Chinese and Russian officials for North Korean military parade marking 70 years since end of Korean War -- ABC News Australia  

Kim Jong Un shows off new attack drones and ballistic missiles to Sergei Shoigu at military parade… after giving him tour of plush HQ (complete with huge portraits of Putin) -- Daily Mail  

North Korea showed Russia one of its more troubling nuclear missiles -- Business Insider

Top Russian And Chinese Military Officials Visit North Korea For Anniversary Of Korean War Armistice

People visit the statues of former North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, North Korea, on last year's 69th anniversary of the end of the Korean War [File:Jon Chol Jin/AP]  

VOA/AFP: Top Russian, Chinese Officials To Visit North Korea in Post-Pandemic First 

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — North Korea will this week welcome Russia's defense minister and a high-level Chinese delegation to Pyongyang for Korean War armistice anniversary celebrations, state media said Tuesday, a sign it could be reopening its borders to high-level visitors after a lengthy pandemic closure. 

"A military delegation of the Russian Federation led by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu will pay a congratulatory visit to the DPRK," the Korean Central News Agency said, a day after it confirmed a Chinese delegation would also attend the Thursday event. 

Russia, one of Pyongyang's historic allies, remains one of a handful of nations that maintains friendly relations with the North, and its leader Kim Jong Un has recently been steadfast in his support for Moscow's invasion of Ukraine, including, Washington says, supplying rockets and missiles. 

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Top Russian And Chinese Military Officials Visit North Korea For Anniversary Of Korean War Armistice

Chinese and Russian officials to join North Korean commemorations of Korean War armistice -- AP  

Russian military delegation to join Chinese in North Korea visit -- Reuters  

North Korea to host Russian and Chinese delegations -- DW  

Chinese and Russian delegations to visit North Korea ahead Korean War anniversary -- CNN  

North Korea issues rare invitation to Russian, Chinese delegations for anniversary of Korean War armistice -- FOX News  

Russian defense chief will visit North Korea this week to ‘strengthen’ military ties -- Politico

Russia’s Shoigu to join Chinese officials in North Korea visit -- Al Jazeera 

Russia defense chief Shoigu to lead military delegation to North Korea this week -- NK News 

Chinese delegation to travel to North Korea for first visit since pandemic border closures -- France 24

North Korean State Media Says China Willing To Work With North Korea For 'World Peace'

Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walk during Xi's visit in Pyongyang, North Korea on June 21, 2019 [File: KCNA via Reuters]

North Korea Claims Fresh Nod of Support From China’s Xi https://t.co/ZQSXEYiQCT

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VOA/AFP: China Willing to Work with North Korea for 'World Peace,' State Media Says 

SEOUL, SOUTH KOREA — Chinese President Xi Jinping told North Korean leader Kim Jong Un that Beijing was willing to work with Pyongyang for world peace, North Korean state media said Saturday. 

The message from Xi came days after North Korea fired an intercontinental ballistic missile in one of its most powerful tests yet, declaring it would meet perceived U.S. nuclear threats with nukes of its own. 

North Korea has conducted a record-breaking blitz of missile launches in recent weeks, and fears have grown that it is building up to a seventh nuclear test, its first since 2017.  

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WNU Editor: No official announcement from Beijing that President Xi communicated with Kim Jong Un. But the Chinese ambassador to the UN says China supports detente on the Korean peninsula .... China supports using detente to address Korean Peninsula issues (China Daily).  

Update: There was no direct face to face or phone call communication. It was a letter .... Xi says he attaches great importance to China-N. Korea ties in letter to Kim: KCNA (Yonhap News Agency). 

North Korean State Media Says China Willing To Work With North Korea For 'World Peace' 

Xi tells Kim China wants to work with North Korea for peace: KCNA -- Al Jazeera  

Xi tells Kim China willing to work with N.Korea for 'world peace': KCNA -- AFP  

China's Xi sends message to N. Korea promising 'stability' -- DW  

North Korea Claims Fresh Nod of Support From China's Xi -- The Week  

Korea- Xi Jinping appeals to Kim Jong Un to jointly promote «peace and stability». -- News 360

President Biden Says It Is Hard To Say If China Can Control North Korea

 

Reuters: Biden says it's unclear if China can stop a North Korean nuclear test 

NUSA DUA, Indonesia (Reuters) -U.S. President Joe Biden said on Monday he told Chinese President Xi Jinping that Beijing has an obligation to try to talk North Korea out of conducting a seventh nuclear test, although he said it was unclear whether China had the ability to do so. 

Biden met with Xi for more than three hours ahead of the G20 summit in Bali, their first face-to-face meeting since Biden took power last year. 

At a press conference following the meeting, Biden said he told Xi "that I thought they had an obligation to attempt to make it clear" to North Korea that it should not go ahead with a test.  

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WNU Editor: President Biden is saying what this blog has been saying for years. China and Russia can influence North Korea, but in the end it is North Korea that decides what it wants to do, even if both China and Russia tell them not to do it.

Leaders of North Korea, China Mark 60th Anniversary Of Mutual Defense Treaty By Vowing To Strengthen Ties

 

 The Hill: Xi, Kim vow to strengthen North Korea and China's friendship, cooperation 

Chinese President Xi Jinping and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un vowed to continue a relationship of cooperation and aid, statements from the leaders that came amid the 60th anniversary of the countries' treaty of friendship. 

In a message sent to Xi this weekend, Kim said that their relationship was vital, especially in the face of what he called “hostile forces” around the world, according to Reuters. 

"Despite the unprecedentedly complicated international situation in recent years the comradely trust and militant friendship between the DPRK and China get stronger day by day," Kim wrote, according to North Korea KCNA news agency.  

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WNU Editor: China is (of course) praising today's news .... China-Russia-N.Korea ties reinforced on equal footing (Global Times). 

More News On North Korea And China Marking 60th Anniversary Of Mutual Defense  

Leaders of North Korea, China vow to strengthen ties -- AP  

North Korea, China leaders vow greater cooperation in face of foreign hostility: report -- FOX News/Reuters  

North Korea, China vow cooperation in the face of 'hostile forces' -- DW  

Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un vow to bring China-North Korea ties to ‘new level,’ marking 60th anniversary of mutual defense treaty -- RT  

Xi and Kim vow closer ties between China and North Korea, citing "hostile" foreign forces -- Axios

China Has Provided A Coronavirus Vaccine To Kim Jong-un, His Family, And Members Of The Leadership

19FortyFive: North Korea: Kim Jong Un Given Coronavirus Vaccine 

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and “multiple other high-ranking officials within the Kim family and leadership network” have been vaccinated for Coronavirus “within the last two to three weeks” thanks to a vaccine candidate supplied by the Chinese government, according to two Japanese intelligence sources. 

Both officials spoke to 19FortyFive under the condition that their names not be identified. The news comes on the heels of reports in Reuters that North Korea is suspected to have tried to hack into the computer networks of drugmaker AstraZeneca, part of what appears to be a wide-ranging campaign to secure any and all COVID-19 vaccine data it can through illegal cyberattacks. 

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WNU Editor: People outside of China are not sure if the Chinese coronavirus vaccine shows promise and/or is effective. But if this report is true, it shows once again on how dependent North Korea is on China.

Japan And China Respond To Today's Korean Summit

China welcomed what it called "an important consensus" between the two Koreas

The Korea Herald/Yonhap: Japan, China welcome inter-Korean summit agreement

Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Friday welcomed a surprise set of inter-Korean summit agreements to build peace and denuclearize the Korean Peninsula but urged the North to prove its commitment with action.

"I welcome and take them as positive moves," the prime minister said in a press conference televised live following the summit between President Moon Jae-in and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un.

"I want to praise the South Korean government's efforts that led to the latest summit."

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Update #1: Japan's Abe hails Korea summit, seeks 'concrete action' (AFP)
Update #2: China hails 'courage' of North, South Korean leaders (AFP)

WNU Editor:  The Asian giants are making their opinion known on what is happening on the Korean peninsula.

White House Praises The 50 Percent Drop In Chinese Trade With North Korea Last Month

Trucks cross Friendship Bridge (L) from China's Dandong, Liaoning province (foreground), to North Korea's Sinuiju September 12, 2016. REUTERS/Thomas Peter

Washington Times: Trump hails China for cutting trade with North Korea

The White House praised China Friday for sharply curtailing trade with North Korea in an effort to force the regime in Pyongyang to end its nuclear weapons programs.

“This action supports the United States-led global effort to apply maximum pressure until the North Korean regime ends its illicit programs, changes its behavior, and moves toward denuclearization of the Korean peninsula,” said White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders.

China on Friday reported that its trade with North Korea fell 10.5 percent in 2017, compared with the previous year. Mr. Trump has been urging Beijing to isolate North Korea economically after a series of intercontinental ballistic missile tests by Pyongyang.

In December, the drop in trade was even more significant — falling 50.6 percent from the same period in 2016.

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Update: Chinese Trade With North Korea Dropped 50 Percent Last Month -- Bloomberg

WNU Editor:This is a start.