Friday, September 5, 2025

Kim tells Xi that North Korea will support China's interests, KCNA reports

INTRO: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un told Chinese President Xi Jinping that Pyongyang will continue to support Beijing in protecting Chinese sovereignty, territory and development interests, according to North Korean state media KCNA on Friday.

It was their  first formal summit in six years, after they put on an unprecedented show of unity against the West alongside Russia's Vladimir Putin at a massive military parade to mark the end of World War Two. Laura Westbrook reports.