Amid Strained Ties, North Korea Congratulates China on Party Congress

Amid Strained Ties, North Korea Congratulates China on Party Congress
North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un in this undated photo released by state media.
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North Korea congratulated China on its 19th Communist Party Congress on Wednesday (October 18) amid increasingly frayed relations between the traditional allies, as China tightens sanctions over Pyongyang’s nuclear weapons programme.
The central committee of the North’s ruling Workers’ Party of Korea said that China had made “great progress in accomplishing the cause of building socialism with Chinese characteristics.”