Top North Korea general at Beijing airport en route to US

Updated - December 07, 2021 at 02:07 AM. | Beijing, May 30

General Kim Yong Chol, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party , en route to US.(File pic)

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo bids farewell to senior North Korean official Kim Yong Chol, director of the United Front Department, which is responsible for North-South Korea affairs, and Foreign Minister Ri Su Yong on his departure from Pyongyang, North Korea, May 9, 2018.

A senior North Korean official arrived at Beijing’s international airport today to board a flight to the United States for high-level talks ahead of a planned summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong-un.

General Kim Yong Chol, Vice Chairman of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party and right-hand man to Kim, was driven to the restricted VIP entrance of the airport, according to AFP journalists, a day after he flew into the Chinese capital from North Korea.

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Top North Korea general at Beijing airport en route to US

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