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Kim's China bridge visit draws mixed Korean reactions

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited China on Saturday, arriving in the border city of Dandong via a newly opened cross-border bridge and meeting with Beijing's top political adviser, according to Yonhap and Korea Times reports. The trip, days before the anniversary of Chinese troops entering the 1950-53 Korean War, was aimed at reaffirming 'blood ties' between the two countries, Korea Times reports. Korean media coverage emphasizes the surprise nature of the visit and its implications for regional dynamics, with an editorial urging that the visit 'must lead to restraint' on the peninsula. Yonhap and KBS World report Kim met a senior Chinese official and reaffirmed commitments to expanding economic cooperation, though specific Korean public reactions from blogs or cafés are not detailed in the supplied documents.

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