A top North Korean party official overseeing foreign affairs arrived in Beijing on Tuesday, 10 days after accompanying leader Kim Jong Un on a visit to the Chinese border city of Dandong.

Kim Song Nam, the director of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) International Department, arrived for “an official visit” upon an invitation from the Central Committee of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported Wednesday.

Kim, who also serves as secretary of the WPK Central Committee, is a longtime party official on China policy and reportedlyserved as the Chinese interpreter for