{"id":10514,"date":"2026-04-11T07:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/11\/kim-jong-un-expand-relations-china\/"},"modified":"2026-04-11T07:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-04-11T07:15:17","slug":"kim-jong-un-expand-relations-china","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/2026\/04\/11\/kim-jong-un-expand-relations-china\/","title":{"rendered":"Kim Jong Un Emphasizes Expanding Ties with China"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>North Korean state media have reported that Kim Jong Un, the country&#8217;s leader, stressed the importance of enhancing bilateral relations between Pyongyang and Beijing during a meeting with China&#8217;s Foreign Minister.<\/p>\n<p>According to the official North Korean news agency, Kim called for increased exchanges and contacts at various levels between the two countries and described strengthening cooperation as vital for protecting their mutual interests.<\/p>\n<p>The report did not provide further details on the timing or specific topics of the discussions, but the close political and economic ties between China and North Korea have always been a significant factor in the regional dynamics of East Asia.<\/p>\n<p>China is considered one of North Korea&#8217;s main political and trade partners, and any developments in the relationship between the two countries could have an impact on regional security and diplomatic affairs.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kim Jong Un highlights the importance of expanding bilateral relations and cooperation with China to protect mutual interests and regional security.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10513,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[17,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10514","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-important-news","category-international"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10514","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10514"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10514\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10513"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10514"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10514"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/atlaspress.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10514"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}