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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Raphael Rashid in Seoul

Kim Jong-un crosses over newly opened bridge into China

A silhouetted figure passes a TV screen showing Kim Jong Un speaking, below a Samsung sign
A railway station in Seoul, South Korea, shows a TV news report of Kim Jong-un's visit to China. Photograph: Kim Soo-hyeon/Reuters

Kim Jong-un has travelled to China over a newly opened bridge marking the North Korean leader’s first known trip abroad in more than a year, South Korean officials have said.

A government source told the Yonhap news agency on Saturday that Kim had arrived in the Chinese border city of Dandong, in Liaoning province, after taking a train from Pyongyang to Sinuiju and crossing the New Yalu River Bridge.

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