North Korea seeks to strengthen its ties to China, even as it ignores US


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Pyongyang’s new ambassador to China delivers pledge by Kim Jong-un to develop a relationship with Beijing that will be ‘envied by the world’ Exchange comes as White House says Pyongyang has not responded to overtures from new Biden administration Pyongyang’s new ambassador to China delivers a pledge by Kim Jong-un to develop a relationship with Beijing that will be ‘envied by the world’. While Washington under the new US administration struggles to communicate with Pyongyang, an isolated North Korea has pledged to strengthen its ties with neighbouring China into a relationship “envied by the world”. Ri Ryong-nam, North Korea’s new...