North Korea's state-run news agency says North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met with Chinese President Xi Jinping. 

The Korean Central News Agency said Tuesday that Kim visited Dalian in China's northeastern province of Liaoning from Monday to Tuesday and met with the Chinese leader. 

KCNA said Kim left Pyongyang on Monday morning aboard his special jet on a two-day visit to the Chinese city accompanied by Ri Su-yong and Kim Yong-chol, both vice chairmen of the Central Committee of the ruling Workers' Party, Foreign Minister Ri Yong-ho, and Kim Yo-jong, the sister of the North Korean leader and first deputy director of the Central Committee. 

China's state-run CCTV also confirmed the North Korean leader's visit to China, saying that the two leaders discussed Korean Peninsula issues. 

The latest meeting between the two leaders is their second in about 40 days. Kim made a secret visit to Beijing via his special train from March 25th to the 28th for talks with the Chinese president. 

Earlier on Tuesday, a Japanese media outlet reported that a North Korean plane that appeared to be carrying a top North Korean official departed Dalian Airport on Tuesday afternoon. NHK said the plane took off from the airport escorted by Chinese officials at around 3:20 p.m. local time. 

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