Chinese President Xi Jinping (center) and South Korean President Park Geun-hye greet children waving the two national flags during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential Blue House in Seoul on Thursday. China’s president held talks in Seoul on Thursday Park Geun-Hye at the start of a state visit seen as a snub to nuclear-armed North Korea, whose weapons program was high on the summit agenda. AFP PHOTO
SEOUL: North Korea vowed on Thursday to push ahead with further strategic guided-missile tests, defying international calls to curb its weapons program as the Chinese president arrived in Seoul for a visit seen as a snub to Pyongyang.