Kim Jong Il gets into a vehicle as he leaves a hotel in Dalian, northeastern China.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has expressed a willingness to resume stalled nuclear disarmament talks after visiting China last week.
Kim’s China trip comes at a time of heightened tensions around North Korea’s nuclear weapons program, alleged sinking of a South Korean navy ship, and continuing rumors that a North Korean sub destroyed a BP oil rig platform in the Gulf of Mexico.
It also marked the first time the Communist dictator has traveled outside of his country in years.
Kim Jong Il meets Hu Jintao last week.
South Korean news agency Yonhap said Kim arrived in China Monday night via luxury train and stayed overnight in a swank hotel in Dalian. The dictator then traveled 20 miled (39 km) to visit factories in an industrial zone where Japanese and South Korean firms have operations on Tuesday.
North Korea also participated for the first time in China’s First Expo
Kim reportedly met with Chinese president Hu Jintao and other top leaders in Beijing on Wednesday, in an effort to seek support from his country’s main backer. It was believed at the time that China would be pressuring North Korea to end its nuclear weapons program.
Kim and Hu mark the occassion.
After his visit, Kim announced he was ready to resume stalled six-party talks that would bring about a nuclear disarmament of North Korea.
“The DPRK (North Korea) is willing to work with you to create favorable conditions for a resumption of the six-party talks,” Chinese news agency Xinhua quoted Kim as telling Hu after their meeting.
JoongAnn Daily reports that Kim also won much-needed financial support from China, as well as as support for the transfer of power to his son, Kim Jong Um. The patriarch formerly named his young son as successor last June.
The trip is Kim’s first since he traveled to China in 2006 and only the fifth since he took over power from his father in 1994.
Chinese state-run media published video of Kim’s visit after it happened.
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The Rodong Sinmun, a leading newspaper of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), hailed the recent successful visit to China by top leader Kim Jong Il in an editorial published Sunday.
The editorial said that the people of the DPRK are "very glad and excited" about the visit. It is a "meaningful opportunity" to strengthen the friendship between the two parties and the leaders of the two countries.
The article also indicated that the DPRK will make efforts to further strengthen the traditional DPRK-China friendship.
Both countries shared the view that peace, stability and prosperity of the Korean Peninsula are in the common interests of the two countries and other Northeastern Asian nations, the editorial said.
The two sides will make joint efforts to achieve the objective of denuclearizing the Peninsula on the basis of the Sept. 19 Joint Statement, it added.
The editorial also said that the people of the DPRK sincerely wish the Chinese people still greater achievements in their socialist construction and the cause for national reunification.
Kim Jong Il made an unofficial visit to China from May 3 to 7. He has visited China for five times since 2000.