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Added on the 09/01/2019 07:43:15 - Copyright : AFPTV - First images
North Korean state television show images of Kim Jong Un walking briskly, smiling broadly and smoking a cigarette at what the North said was the opening of a fertiliser factory on Friday in Sunchon, north of Pyongyang. The North Korean leader has made his first public appearance in nearly three weeks, following intense speculation that he was seriously ill or possibly dead. MORE IMAGES TO FOLLOW
Vietnamese Foreign Minister Pham Binh Minh walks through the lobby of the Koryo hotel in Pyongyang at the start of his visit to the North Korean capital. The trip comes ahead of a summit between Donald Trump and Kim Jong Un later in February in Vietnam. IMAGES
A motorcade carrying Kim Jong Un drives through central Beijing as the North Korean leader starts his four-day visit to China during which he is set to meet President Xi Jinping. IMAGES of motorcade in Beijing
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's sister landed in the South Friday, the first member of Pyongyang's ruling dynasty to set foot in its rival since the Korean War. IMAGES
The United States says it's concerned by Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban's meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Beijing to discuss Ukraine. White House National Security Council spokesman John Kirby says the trip "certainly doesn't seem to be productive in terms of trying to get things done in Ukraine," adding: "It's concerning." SOUNDBITE