Chinese Leader Xi Intends to Visit North Korea Next Year, South Korea Says

South Koreans watch a television broadcast reporting the North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met with Chinese leader Xi Jinping, airing at the Seoul Railway Station in Seoul, South Korea on March 28, 2018. Chung Sung-Jun/Getty Images

SEOUL—Chinese leader Xi Jinping intends to visit North Korea next year after receiving an invitation from North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, South Korea said on Nov. 17, which would make Xi the first Chinese leader to do so since 2005.

Xi told South Korean president Moon Jae-in in a bilateral meeting on the sidelines of the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit in Papua New Guinea that he would “make time” to visit North Korea next year.