BEIJING/SEOUL -- Chinese President Xi Jinping is sending a special envoy to North Korea on Friday, placing further pressure on the rogue state to exercise restraint on its nuclear and missile development and to seek dialogue with the U.S.
China's state-run Xinhua News Agency and the North's Korean Central News Agency both identified Song Tao, who heads the international liaison department of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Committee, as the envoy. The last trip by a high-ranking Chinese official to North Korea was in October 2016.
