Kim Jong-un crosses over newly opened bridge into China

Visit by train over New Yalu River Bridge marks North Korean leader’s first known trip abroad in more than a year

Kim Jong-un has travelled to China over a newly opened bridge marking the North Korean leader’s first known trip abroad in more than a year, South Korean officials have said.

A government source told the Yonhap news agency on Saturday that Kim had arrived in the Chinese border city of Dandong, in Liaoning province, after taking a train from Pyongyang to Sinuiju and crossing the New Yalu River Bridge.