Air Koryo plane, known to be used by Kim Jong-un, leaves Pyongyang for Beijing
- 6 years ago
Our starting point this morning... is a developing story we're following at this hour. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un might be en route to Beijing as we speak.
Sources within the aviation industry say a special plane, identified as an Ukrainian Antonov-148 carrying the logo of North Korea's state airline Air Koryo logo,... departed Pyongyang a little before 9:30AM, Korea time.
If in fact, Kim is on board the plane,... which is know to have been flown by Kim himself,... it would be his third trip to China this year alone.
He met with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his past two trips.
Japan's Nikkei newspaper reported this morning that Kim had been preparing for a trip to China as early as today,... to brief his Chinese counterpart on the Singapore summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.
We will be tracking this story as it develops,... and bring you the latest in our later newscasts.
Sources within the aviation industry say a special plane, identified as an Ukrainian Antonov-148 carrying the logo of North Korea's state airline Air Koryo logo,... departed Pyongyang a little before 9:30AM, Korea time.
If in fact, Kim is on board the plane,... which is know to have been flown by Kim himself,... it would be his third trip to China this year alone.
He met with Chinese President Xi Jinping during his past two trips.
Japan's Nikkei newspaper reported this morning that Kim had been preparing for a trip to China as early as today,... to brief his Chinese counterpart on the Singapore summit with U.S. President Donald Trump.
We will be tracking this story as it develops,... and bring you the latest in our later newscasts.