List of international trips made by Kim Jong-un

The following is a list of international trips made by Kim Jong-un during his tenure as General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission and Chairman of the Central Military Commission. He has made nine foreign trips to five countries since he took office as Commander-in-Chief and Supreme Leader of North Korea in 2011. His first international state visit was to China in March 2018.

Kim shaking hands with US President Donald Trump at the 2018 North Korea–United States summit in Singapore.
Kim with South Korean President Moon Jae-in being escorted by a South Korean traditional honor guard at the DMZ in April 2018

The number of visits per country where he traveled are:

Summary of official trips

2018
Date(s) Country Locations Leaders met Details Image
1 March 25–28, 2018 China Beijing General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping
Main article: Kim–Xi meetings § First meeting
First trip outside of North Korean territory since taking power in 2011. Xi Jinping is the first international leader to meet Kim Jong-un. Classified as an Official state visit.[1] Met with China's paramount leader Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, International Liaison Director Song Tao, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and members of the Communist Party Politburo.[2]
2 April 27, 2018 South Korea Peace House, Panmunjom, Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) South Korean President Moon Jae-in
Main article: April 2018 inter-Korean summit
Met with President Moon Jae-in in the Joint Security Area of DMZ.[3][4]
3 May 7–8, 2018 China Dalian General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping
Main article: Kim–Xi meetings § Second meeting
Working visit.[5][6] Second meeting with China's paramount leader Xi Jinping within the span of 40 days.[7]
4 June 10–12, 2018 Singapore Central Area,
Sentosa Island

Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong
United States President Donald Trump
Main article: 2018 North Korea–United States Singapore Summit
Held a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Met with US President Donald Trump.[8][9][10][11]
5 June 19–20, 2018 China Beijing General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping
Main article: Kim–Xi meetings § Third meeting
Third meeting with China's paramount leader Xi Jinping.[12][13]

2019
Date(s) Country Locations Leaders met Details Image
6 January 7–10, 2019  China Beijing General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping
Main article: Kim–Xi meetings § Fourth meeting
Fourth meeting with China's paramount leader Xi Jinping
7 February 26–March 2, 2019 Vietnam Lang Son,
Hanoi

General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyễn Phú Trọng
Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc
Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân
United States President Donald Trump[14][15]
Main article: 2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi Summit
Met with US President Donald Trump.

Official Visit. Kim Jong Un stayed in Vietnam after the Trump summit to pay an official goodwill visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam.[16] Held a bilateral meeting with Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary, Vietnamese President Nguyễn Phú Trọng. Met Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân.

Chairman Kim also visited President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Vietnam War Memorial, Hanoi.
8 April 24–26, 2019 Russia Vladivostok

Russian President Vladimir Putin
Main article: Kim–Putin meetings § First meeting
First meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin[17][18]
9 June 30, 2019 South Korea Freedom House, Panmunjom, Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) United States President Donald Trump

South Korean President Moon Jae-in
Main article: 2019 Koreas–United States DMZ Summit
Met with US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in in the Joint Security Area of DMZ.[19][20]

Potential future trips
Date(s) Country Locations Leaders meeting Details
TBA South Korea Seoul South Korean President Moon Jae-in Official visit. During the September 2018 inter-Korean summit, Kim & Moon announced that Kim would visit Seoul by the end of the year.[21] Following the summit's conclusion, it was reported from South Korea's Yonhap news agency that the visit would happen in December 2018.[22] As of March 2019 there are no preparations.[23]
TBA Mongolia Ulaanbaatar Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga President Khaltmaagiin Battulga sent a letter to Kim Jong-un, congratulating him on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of formal Mongolia–North Korea relations. In the letter, he invited Kim to visit Ulaanbaatar.[24]
Cancelled  United States Washington, D.C. United States President Donald Trump Former United States President, Donald Trump, expressed interest in inviting Kim to the White House and both he and the Korean Central News Agency claimed that Kim accepted an invitation.[25][26][27][28] Trump said that such a visit would happen “at the appropriate time, a little bit further down the road.”[29] Due to Joe Biden winning the 2020 United States elections, the potential trip is no longer feasible.

See also

References
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