Kim Jong Un hails 'invincible' blood-forged friendship with China on a day trip across a new Yalu River bridge
The New Yalu River Bridge linking North Korea and China, which Kim Jong Un said would "firmly join the minds" of the two peoples as he met senior Chinese officials in Dandong in a show of solidarity against the US.
Chinese President Xi Jinping stayed away, sending only greetings through officials while Kim Jong Un met Wang Huning and foreign minister Wang Yi in Dandong. Kim, flanked by his sister Kim Yo-jong, laid a wreath at a Korean War memorial and toured a bus factory. It was his first trip to China in a year. Pyongyang is pushing a united front with Beijing and Moscow against the US.
Kim vowed 'generational gratitude' to Chinese people who helped North Korea's revolution 'with blood'.
The beaming public outing followed unverified social media rumours last week that Kim had died.
Kim said the new bridge would 'firmly join the minds' of the two peoples.
