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Kim Jong Un visits China, says to reaffirm ties after crossing new bridge

Kim Jong Un travelled to the Chinese border city of Dandong over a new bridge, and CBS News says he used the trip to reaffirm ties with China.

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un used a trip to China to reaffirm ties with Beijing, CBS News reports. He crossed a newly opened bridge into the Chinese border city of Dandong.

A South Korean government source told Yonhap on Saturday that Kim took a train from Pyongyang to Sinuiju and crossed the New Yalu River Bridge. Dandong is in Liaoning province. Deutsche Welle reports he met a senior Chinese official there.

The Guardian reports it is his first known trip abroad in more than a year. PBS NewsHour also calls it his first visit in a year. PBS describes the trip as a visit to inaugurate the bridge. Al Jazeera says the bridge was officially opened about a week earlier.

PBS says the trip fits a more assertive foreign policy. It says Kim wants to align Pyongyang with Beijing and Moscow against the United States, in what he portrays as a "new Cold War."

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  1. Al JazeeraNorth Korea’s Kim Jong Un arrives in China, South Korean media saysSat, Oct 24, 3:07 AM EDT
  2. Deutsche WelleNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in China's border citySat, Oct 24, 3:29 AM EDT
  3. Deutsche WelleNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Chinese border citySat, Oct 24, 3:29 AM EDT
  4. Deutsche WelleNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un travels to Chinese border city via newly opened bridgeSat, Oct 24, 3:29 AM EDT
  5. The GuardianKim Jong-un crosses over newly opened bridge into ChinaSat, Oct 24, 5:34 AM EDT
  6. PBS NewsHourNorth Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits China to inaugurate a new cross-border bridgeSat, Oct 24, 10:30 AM EDT
  7. Al JazeeraKim Jong Un crosses new bridge linking North Korea and ChinaSat, Oct 24, 2:00 PM EDT
  8. CBS NewsKim Jon-un visits China to open new bridge, reaffirm tiesSun, Oct 25, 3:59 AM EDT

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Earlier versions (3)
  1. Sat, Oct 24, 10:40 AM EDT, 4 outlets: Kim Jong Un visits China, meets senior Chinese official after crossing new bridge
  2. Sat, Oct 24, 5:45 AM EDT, 3 outlets: Kim Jong Un travels to China by train over new Yalu River bridge
  3. Sat, Oct 24, 3:35 AM EDT, 2 outlets: Kim Jong Un reportedly arrives in Chinese border city of Dandong