South Korea and China have agreed to expand weekly scheduled flights between the two countries for the first time in seven years, Seoul announced on June 4.
Meanwhile, China’s ruling Communist Party (CCP) announced that its leader Xi Jinping will visit North Korea on June 8, his first visit there in nearly seven years.
Analysts told The Epoch Times that China is trying to exert influence on both North Korea and South Korea, and Seoul could be a weak link in the first island chain if it doesn’t get adequate economic and security support from the United States.
The China-South Korean flight agreement was reached during bilateral aviation talks held in Seoul from May 27 to 28, according to Seoul’s Transport Ministry….
China Aims to Widen Influence on Korean Peninsula via Flight Deal With Seoul, Visit to Pyongyang
