{"id":159285,"date":"2026-10-26T00:59:45","date_gmt":"2026-10-26T00:59:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159285"},"modified":"2026-10-26T00:59:45","modified_gmt":"2026-10-26T00:59:45","slug":"why-north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-toured-a-chinese-bus-factory-in-dandong","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/?p=159285","title":{"rendered":"Why North Korean leader Kim Jong-un toured a Chinese bus factory in Dandong"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un\u2019s tour of a commercial vehicle factory during a surprise visit to the Chinese border city of Dandong on Saturday points to Pyongyang\u2019s drive to modernise its buses and expand industrial ties with Beijing.<br \/>\nIn a symbolic move, Kim crossed into China via the newly opened New Yalu River Bridge on Saturday and also returned to North Korea via the bridge later in the day.<br \/>\nIt was Kim\u2019s first trip to China since he attended a military parade in Beijing last September. His&#8230;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.scmp.com\/news\/china\/diplomacy\/article\/3372102\/why-north-korean-leader-kim-jong-un-toured-chinese-bus-factory-dandong\" target=\"_blank\" class=\"feedzy-rss-link-icon\" rel=\"noopener\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source: China &#8211; South China Morning PostNorth Korean leader Kim Jong-un\u2019s tour of a commercial vehicle factory during a surprise visit to the Chinese border city of Dandong on Saturday&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[3],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159285"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=159285"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/159285\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=159285"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=159285"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/cryptospotters.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=159285"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}