{"id":44764,"date":"2026-06-08T00:05:38","date_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:05:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/44764\/"},"modified":"2026-06-08T00:05:38","modified_gmt":"2026-06-08T00:05:38","slug":"china-north-korea-eye-benefits-from-leaders-meeting-gulf-today-newspaper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/44764\/","title":{"rendered":"China, North Korea eye benefits from leaders&#8217; meeting | Gulf Today &#8211; newspaper"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"size6 m-0 magName svelte-1tmct67\">Gulf Today<\/p>\n<p> | <\/p>\n<p class=\"size6 m-0 issueName svelte-1tmct67\">June 08, 2026<\/p>\n<p class=\"shortDesc svelte-1tmct67\">Chinese president Xi Jinping is set to embark on his first visit to North Korea in nearly seven years, a significant diplomatic engagement that offers leader Kim Jong Un a crucial platform to project an increasingly assertive foreign policy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"author svelte-1tmct67\">&#8211;\u00a0Kim Tong-Hyung &amp; Huizhong Wu<\/p>\n<p> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"prefImg svelte-1tmct67\" id=\"pref-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/CHINA-NORTH-KOREA-EYE-BENEFITS-FROM-LEADERS-MEETING.jpg\" alt=\"China, North Korea eye benefits from leaders' meeting\" loading=\"eager\"\/> <\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:27px;color:#313131;\">The trip underscores Pyongyang&#8217;s strategy of forging closer ties with its traditional Cold War allies, while Beijing, North Korea\u2019s vital economic lifeline, is expected to reassert its influence over a government that has recently gravitated towards Russia.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:27px;color:#313131;\">The three-day visit, which begins on Monday, marks the first direct encounter between the two leaders since Kim&#8217;s trip to Beijing for a World War II event in September 2015. The high-stakes discussions are expected to address a range of geopolitical and economic objectives for both nations.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:27px;color:#313131;\">What Kim Jong Un stands to gain<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:17px;line-height:27px;color:#313131;\">After a period of prioritising Russia, which has seen North Korea dispatching thousands of troops and munitions to support Moscow&#8217;s invasion of Ukraine, Kim is now seeking to strengthen ties with China. This move is aimed at further breaking out of international isolation, embracing the concept of a \u201cnew Cold War,\u201d and positioning Pyongyang as part of a united front against the US.<\/p>\n<p>  <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magzter.com\/AE\/Dar-Alkhaleej\/Gulf-Today\/Newspaper\/\" alt=\"cover-img\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"cover svelte-1tmct67\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/1.jpg\"  alt=\"Gulf Today\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mgd__lhd__cover__logo mgd__lhd__gold svelte-1tmct67\" src=\"https:\/\/www.magzter.com\/static\/icons\/MG_Icon.svg\" alt=\"Magzter Gold Title\" loading=\"lazy\"\/> <\/p>\n<p class=\"cnt__title svelte-1tmct67\">This story is from the June 08, 2026 edition of Gulf Today.<\/p>\n<p class=\"cnt__title svelte-1tmct67\">Subscribe to Magzter GOLD to access thousands of curated premium stories, and 10,000+ magazines and newspapers.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magzter.com\/magztergold\/checkout?plan=2\" id=\"subscribe-story\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">SUBSCRIBE NOW <\/a> <\/p>\n<p class=\"cnt__ft svelte-1tmct67\">Already a subscriber? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.magzter.com\/login\/email\" class=\"signin svelte-1tmct67\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Sign In<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gulf Today | June 08, 2026 Chinese president Xi Jinping is set to embark on his first visit&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":44765,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[25804,25802,25808,25800,25799,25807,141,31,2983,18701,25796,25801,25795,34,25806,25797,25805,25803,25798],"class_list":["post-44764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-north-korea","tag-android-magazine","tag-best-magazine","tag-digital-magazines","tag-free-magazine","tag-free-magazines","tag-ipad-magazine","tag-kim-jong-un","tag-korea","tag-magazine","tag-magazine-subscription","tag-magazines","tag-magazines-for-smartphones","tag-magzter","tag-north-korea","tag-online-digital-magazine","tag-online-magazine","tag-online-pdf-magazine","tag-pdf-for-smartphones","tag-pdf-magazine"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44764"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44764\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/korea\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}