SEOUL: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's visit to China—his first overseas trip since inheriting power in 2011—is the most tangible and dramatic step so far in a four-way diplomatic dance.

It comes with Kim due to hold a summit next month with South Korea's Moon Jae-in, and ahead of a planned meeting with US President Donald Trump—events that give both Pyongyang and Beijing new incentives to repair their battered relationship, analysts say.

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