In Dandong, Kim Jong-un invokes wartime past, eyes economic future
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's whirlwind one-day visit to China's border city of Dandong on Saturday brought together two defining features of Pyongyang's relationship with Beijing: a longstanding alliance rooted in the Korean War and the prospect of expanded economic cooperation. The deliberately timed trip, Kim's sixth to China overall and his first in 13 months, came just nine days after the opening of a long-delayed bridge expected to boost cross-border trade. It also fell on the eve of a
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