North Korean leader Kim Jong-Il reportedly paid a visit to the northeastern city of Harbin in China on May 20. After his visit to China in May and August, 2010, this was Kim’s third visit in the last one year. Later this month, both Beijing and Seoul are expected to sign a joint development project on an island in the Yalu River.1

• 1. “Kim’s latest excursion underlines reliance on Beijing”, Asahi Shimbun, May 22, 2011, at http://www.asahi.com/english/TKY201105210145.html