Secrecy Shrouds Nkorean Leader’s Rare China Visit (ap)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Il, wearing a pair of glasses, gets into a vehicle as he leaves a hotel in Dalian, northeastern China, on Monday May 3, 2010. A luxury 17-car train believed to be carrying reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il pulled into China on Monday, reports said, in what would be his first journey abroad in years as his regime faces a worsening economy and speculation that it may have torpedoed a South Korean warship. (AP Photo/Kyodo News) JAPAN OUT, MANDATORY CREDIT, FOR COMMERCIAL USE ONLY IN NORTH AMERICAAP – Reclusive North Korean leader Kim Jong Il toured an industrial zone and met local officials in northeastern China on Tuesday, reports said, on a visit to his country’s main backer that comes amid growing tensions over the North’s suspected role in the sinking of a South Korean navy ship.

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