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Thursday, July 03, 2014

Xi Arrival in South Korea Marked by N. Korea Missiles


Chinese President Xi Jinping will hold talks with South Korean President Park Geun Hye today with a series of North Korean missile launches lending urgency to their pledge to rein in Kim Jong Un’s nuclear ambitions.

North Korea has conducted three rounds of missile firings in the past week, including two overseen by Kim, that heightened tensions on the peninsula before Xi’s arrival.

As one of Kim’s few allies and his country’s biggest trading partner, China has leverage over North Korea, which has detonated three nuclear devices and threatened to turn Seoul into a sea of fire.

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