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North Korea's supreme leader Kim Jong-un meets with China's paramount leader Xi Jinping in Beijing, on what is his first known travel outside North Korea since assuming office in 2011.
2018-03-27

North Korea's state agency KCNA announces the country will launch a satellite sometime between December 10 and December 22. The launch will take place around the time of South Korea's presidential election on December 19 and close to the first anniversary of the death of former leader Kim Jong-il. South Korean officials, as well as the US, believe that the isolated state is testing long-range missile technology with the aim of developing an intercontinental ballistic missile.
2012-12-1

The 18th National Congress of the Communist Party of China is opened in Beijing, during which current Paramount Leader Hu Jintao is expected to step down to make way for presumptive leader Xi Jinping.
2012-11-8

A Tibetan activist sets himself on fire at a demonstration in India's capital New Delhi ahead of a visit by the President of China Hu Jintao later in the week.
2012-03-26

A new statue of late North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is unveiled in the capital Pyongyang.
2012-02-14

Kim Jong-un is named as the Supreme Commander of North Korea's armed forces following the death of his father Kim Jong-Il.
2011-12-31

The President of Sudan Omar Hassan al-Bashir arrives in Beijing for talks with Hu Jintao, the President of the People's Republic of China to discuss the recent partition with Southern Sudan.
2011-06-28

North Korean television broadcasts live a military parade for Supreme Leader Kim Jong-il and his heir apparent Kim Jong-un.
2010-10-10

China and North Korea acknowledge the leader of North Korea Kim Jong Il visited China recently where he met with the President of China Hu Jintao.
2010-08-30

North Korean leader Kim Jong-il allegedly meets with Chinese President Hu Jintao in Beijing.
2010-05-6