Kim Jong-un visited China this week alongside his seldom-seen wife Ri Sol-ju. Little is known about her including her age who her parents are and whether Ri is even her real name
During an intensive deliberation at the House of Councillors Budget Committee on Wednesday morning, Prime Minister Shinzo Abe referred to the visit by the chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and his summit meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
KCNA described Kim's visit as unofficial and said it ran from Sunday to Wednesday, implying that Kim's armored train entered China at the weekend and crossed back into North Korea early Wednesday after leaving Beijing on Tuesday afternoon.
Kim's visit comes just weeks after China's rubber-stamp parliament voted to abolish term limits, effectively allowing President Xi Jinping to rule the superpower indefinitely.
Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan held a welcoming banquet for Kim and his wife Ri Sol Ju and watched an art performance together, the report said.
Little is known about Ri Sol-ju's background, although her marriage to Kim was officially announced by North Korean state media on July 25 2012.
South Korea's presidential office says a Chinese official is heading to Seoul to brief President Moon Jae-in about the summit this week between North Korea's and China's leaders.
While the meeting between Xi and Kim may have been anticipated, the chance for denuclearization of the Korean peninsula is tantalizing and offers some cause for optimism, especially after a year when the President of the United States has threatened, more than once, to attack the north.
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The North Korean leader said that many important changes have taken in the Korean Peninsula where the situation is developing rapidly and he felt he should come in time to inform Xi in person the situation "out of comradeship and moral responsibility". Xi made four "proposals" regarding relations between the two countries, according to Xinhua.
He feels Kim Jong-un will abandon his nuclear ambitions and turn his attention to work for the betterment of his own people.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Yoshihide Suga, responding to a question Thursday about reports of such talks, said Japan has all along communicated with North Korea via multiple channels.
However, there are already signs that North Korea may not be acting in good faith. In 2009, it stopped participating in six-party talks.
The two men had not met since Kim took over after the death of his father, Kim Jong Il, in 2011, and relations have been strained as China has backed a raft of United Nations (UN) sanctions against Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile tests. Few other details were immediately released, but the Koreas plan to hold another preparatory meeting on April 4 to discuss protocol, security and media coverage issues. Trump also tweeted that he was "looking forward" to his meeting with Kim.
"In the meantime, and unfortunately, maximum sanctions and pressure must be maintained at all cost!".
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