Chinese President Xi Jinping on Tuesday (June 9) wrapped up his first visit to North Korea in seven years, saying it had established a deeper, more comprehensive understanding and yielding a clearer path for development of ties, the official Xinhua news agency said.

Xi and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited Pyongyang's Sino-Korean Friendship Tower that commemorates Chinese soldiers who died in the Korean War, Chinese state broadcaster CCTV reported.

The leaders also jointly planted a fir tree in the grounds of a key political training school for party cadres, which Xinhua said symbolized "ever-renewing friendship."

Kim and Xi agreed to expand cooperation in the areas of politics, economy and culture at a summit in Pyongyang that opened a new chapter in ties, the North's official KCNA news agency said.

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NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN AND CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING PAYING TRIBUTE TO SOLDIERS WHO DIED IN THE KOREAN WAR / XI AND KIM TOURING POLITICAL TRAINING SCHOOL / XI AND KIM AT DINNER / XI DEPARTING

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SHOWS: PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (JUNE 9, 2026) (CCTV - No use China)

1. NORTH KOREAN LEADER KIM JONG UN AND HIS WIFE RI SOL JU

2. MOTORCADE CARRYING CHINESE PRESIDENT XI JINPING ARRIVING

3. KIM AND XI SHAKING HANDS

4. VARIOUS OF MILITARY BAND PERFORMING

5. KIM, XI, XI’S WIFE PENG LIYUAN AND RI STANDING AS MUSIC PLAYS

6. CHINESE DELEGATION

7. NORTH KOREAN DELEGATION

8. PYONGYANG’S SINO-KOREAN FRIENDSHIP TOWER

9. GUARDS CARRYING FLORAL BASKET UP STAIRS

10. SINO-KOREAN FRIENDSHIP TOWER

11. XI WALKING TO MONUMENT

12. FLORAL BASKET AT FOOT OF TOWER

13. XI STRAIGHTENING RIBBONS

14. FLORAL BASKET

15. VARIOUS OF KIM, XI, PENG AND RI PAYING TRIBUTE

16. GUARDS MARCHING

17. KIM, XI, PENG AND RI INSPECTING GUARDS MARCHING

18. GUARDS MARCHING

19. KIM, XI, PENG AND RI INSPECTING GUARDS MARCHING

20. GUARDS MARCHING

21. XI AND KIM TOURING MEMORIAL HALL OF SINO-KOREAN FRIENDSHIP TOWER

22. PAINTING ON WALL

23. VARIOUS OF KIM AND XI LOOKING AT BOOK

24. VARIOUS OF XI AND KIM DURING TOUR

PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (JUNE 9, 2026) (CCTV - No use China)

25. MOTORCADE CARRYING XI ARRIVING

26. KIM

27. XI WAVING TO STUDENTS AND TEACHERS AT CENTRAL CADRE TRAINING SCHOOL OF THE WORKERS’ PARTY OF KOREA

28. TEACHERS AND STUDENTS APPLAUDING

29. KIM WALKING WITH XI

30. TEACHERS AND STUDENTS APPLAUDING

31. XI RECEIVING FLOWERS FROM REPRESENTATIVE OF SCHOOL

32. VARIOUS OF KIM AND XI WALKING IN CAMPUS

33. STUDENTS IN CLASSROOM STANDING UP AND CLAPPING

34. KIM AND XI WALKING INTO CLASSROOM

35. STUDENTS CLAPPING

36. VARIOUS OF XI WITH KIM IN CLASSROOM

37. STUDENTS CLAPPING

38. VARIOUS OF XI AND KIM TOURING CAMPUS

39. TREES IN CAMPUS

40. KIM AND XI JOINTLY PLANTING TREE

41. STUDENTS CLAPPING

42. KIM AND XI JOINTLY WATERING TREE

43. TREE

44. XI AND KIM OVERSEEING UNVEILING OF PLAQUE

45. PLAQUE READING (in Chinese) “May Friendship between North Korea and China last forever”

46. XI AND KIM CLAPPING

47. STUDENTS CLAPPING

48. XI AND KIM SHAKING HANDS

PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (JUNE 9, 2026) (CCTV - No use China)

49. EXTERIOR OF KUMSUSAN STATE GUESTHOUSE

50. KIM, XI, PENG AND RI AT DINNER

51. XI SPEAKING

52. KIM LISTENING

53. XI SPEAKING

54. KIM, XI, PENG AND RI AT DINNER

55. KIM SPEAKING

56. XI LISTENING

57. KIM WITH RI

58. KIM, XI, PENG AND RI AT DINNER

PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (JUNE 9, 2026) (CCTV - No use China)

59. PEOPLE WAVING FLOWERS AND FLAGS

60. XI SHAKING HANDS WITH KIM

61. KIM, XI, PENG AND RI

62. PEOPLE WAVING FLOWERS AND FLAGS

63. XI AND PENG WAVING OUTSIDE PLANE

64. KIM AND RI WAVING

65. XI AND PENG WAVING

66. PEOPLE WAVING FLOWERS AND FLAGS

67. PLANE CARRYING XI ON RUNWAY

68. KIM AND RI WAVING HANDS

69. PLANE TAKING OFF