North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could visit China next month after his second summit with US President Donald Trump.
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A week after the first summit with Trump, in June last year, Kim visited Beijing to brief Chinese President Xi Jinping on the results of the talks in Singapore. Kim also visited China in May, before the first summit.
The same pattern could repeat this time, Yonhap sources say. Kim visited Beijing last month and could travel to the neighbouring ally again following his second meeting with Trump in Vietnam from February 27-28.
Kim's January trip marked the fourth time Kim has met with Xi in less than a year.
North Korea has been boasting of its ties with China in the run-up to the second US-North Korea summit, sending an art troupe to Beijing last month.
This year marks the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Beijing and Pyongyang.
Australian Associated Press