Kim Jong Un Visits Dandong in the People's Republic

Images via the KCNA

Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, made an unannounced one‑day visit to Dandong in the People's Republic of China on Oct. 24, crossing the newly opened New Yalu River Bridge to commemorate China’s Korean War anniversary and highlight expanding China–DPRK ties. This was his first visit to China in over a year.

During the trip he toured the Memorial of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea and laid a wreath and flower basket at the Monument to Resisting US Aggression and Aiding Korea to honor Chinese soldiers who fought in the Korean War.

Written on the ribbon of the flower basket was "The fallen soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteers will be remembered forever. Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea".

Kim Jong Un toured the Memorial Hall with Wang Huning, Wang Huning, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committe of the Communist Party of China and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, who conveyed greetings from Xi Jinping.

Kim Jong Un was accompanied on his visit by was accompanied by Jo Yong Won, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK, Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the DPRK, Ri Il Hwan and Kim Song Nam, secretaries of the C.C., WPK, Kim Tok Hun, first vice-premier of the DPRK Cabinet, Kim Yo Jong, department director of the C.C., WPK, Kim Jae Ryong, first vice department director of the C.C., WPK, and other senior Party and government officials and Ri Ryong Nam, DPRK ambassador to China.

Kim Jong Un presented the memorial hall with a historic plaque with a photograph of Kim Il Sung on it in. The plaque read "Righteous soul and spirit that defended peace are alive in the great picture of history. I pay eternal thanks and respects to the fallen soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteers, respectfully remembering their traces that connected the boundaries of the two countries with one territory. Kim Jong Un 2026. 10. 24".

The visit culminated witha tour of the Dandong City Bus Factory where he inspected production facilities.

The visit occurred one day before the 76th anniversary of China’s entry into the Korean War, underscoring the countries’ historical military ties.