North Korean leader Kim tours Chinese border cities
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North Korean leader Kim Jong Il apparently toured several Chinese border cities Sunday while on a secretive trip reportedly aimed at drumming up support for a succession plan involving his youngest son.
Kim is believed to have visited Yanbian, a Korean autonomous prefecture in the far northeastern Chinese province of Jilin bordering North Korea, and then Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang province, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Sunday, citing an unidentified source in Beijing. North Korea does not announce Kim's trips until after he returns home, and China has refused to say if he is in the country, even though a Japanese television station had a grainy picture of him. (AP)
