Former Intelligence Committee secretary, "Kim Jong-un meets Wang Huning in China instead of Li Chang... change of plan"

When North Korea's State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un visited China on the 24th, his counterpart was originally Prime Minister Ri Chang, second in rank, but it appears to have changed to Chairman of the National People's Political Consultative Conference Wang Huning, fourth in rank, said Yoon Kun-young, a member of the Democratic Party of Korea and the ruling party's secretary on the National Assembly's Intelligence Committee.

Rep. Yoon told Yonhap News on this day, “I received an additional report (from the National Intelligence Service) that Prime Minister Li Chang was initially planned to visit (Dandong) in relation to Chairman Kim’s contacts with Chinese personnel, but it was discovered that this had been changed.”

He explained, “It has been confirmed that Chairman Kim did not meet with Prime Minister Li Chang, but with President Wang Huning.”

Previously, Rep. Yoon announced in a media announcement during the day that the National Intelligence Service has confirmed that Chairman Kim met with Prime Minister Li Chang in China.

He also said that it is almost certain that Chairman Kim's visit to China will be held on the same day.

In fact, China's official Xinhua News Agency reported that Chairman Kim left Dandong while seeing off President Wang on the evening of the visit.

At the same time, President Wang announced that he welcomed Chairman Kim, who visited Dandong, and carried out his schedule.