North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and Chinese President Xi Jinping attended a welcome concert at the Pyongyang Gymnasium on 8 June 2026, as part of Xi's state visit to the DPRK. The image was released by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) the following day. (Photo: Yonhap via NationPress)
Chinese President Xi Jinping (left) and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (right) are pictured together at the welcome concert held at the Pyongyang Gymnasium on 8 June 2026. The photograph was distributed by the KCNA on 9 June 2026. (Photo: Yonhap via NationPress)
Kim Jong-un and Xi Jinping were photographed walking together after the welcome concert at the Pyongyang Gymnasium on 8 June 2026, according to images released by KCNA on 9 June 2026. (Photo: Yonhap via NationPress)
Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Communist Party of China, and his wife Peng Liyuan, joined Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, and his wife Ri Sol Ju to watch an artistic performance at the Pyongyang Gymnasium on 8 June 2026. (Photo: Xinhua via NationPress)
According to Xinhua, Xi Jinping and Peng Liyuan sat alongside Kim Jong-un and Ri Sol Ju during the artistic performance at the Pyongyang Gymnasium, DPRK, on 8 June 2026 — a rare joint public appearance by both couples. (Photo: Xinhua via NationPress)
The artistic performance at the Pyongyang Gymnasium on 8 June 2026 served as a centrepiece of Chinese President Xi Jinping's state visit to the DPRK, with both leaders and their spouses — Peng Liyuan and Ri Sol Ju — in attendance. (Photo: Xinhua via NationPress)
Artists took to the stage at the Pyongyang Gymnasium in the DPRK on the evening of Monday, 8 June 2026, as Xi Jinping, Peng Liyuan, Kim Jong-un, and Ri Sol Ju watched the specially staged welcome performance, according to Xinhua. (Photo: Xinhua via NationPress)