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North Korean Leader NPR's Rob Gifford reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has returned home following a secretive visit to China. He made the three-day visit less than two weeks before he is scheduled to meet face-to-face with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung. China, which fought alongside the North during the Korean War, has encouraged the two countries to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula. A Chinese government spokeswoman says that Kim and China's top leaders discussed the historic North-South summit, and China promised food aid to the famine-stricken North.

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NPR's Rob Gifford reports that North Korean leader Kim Jong Il has returned home following a secretive visit to China. He made the three-day visit less than two weeks before he is scheduled to meet face-to-face with South Korean President Kim Dae Jung. China, which fought alongside the North during the Korean War, has encouraged the two countries to ease tensions on the Korean peninsula. A Chinese government spokeswoman says that Kim and China's top leaders discussed the historic North-South summit, and China promised food aid to the famine-stricken North.