N Korea at crossroads

Kim wants Xi to convey peace offer to Trump, says ex-N Korea envoy

Thae, who defected in 2016, says Kim will meet Abe if Japan offers aid first

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Thae Yong Ho, former North Korean deputy ambassador to the U.K. who defected to South Korea in 2016, speaks to reporters in Tokyo on Thursday. © AP

ANDREW SHARP, Nikkei Asian Review deputy politics & economy news editor
June 20, 2019 17:29 JST

TOKYO -- Kim Jong Un is trying to use Xi Jinping to deliver his new peace offer to Donald Trump, a former North Korean diplomat said Thursday.

The Chinese president is on a two-day trip to Pyongyang for talks with his North Korean counterpart, making him the first head of state from Beijing to visit the North in 14 years.

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