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World Service,20 Jun 2019,53 mins

President Xi Jingping is making a rare visit to North Korea

Newsday

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China's President Xi Jingping arrives in Pyongyang for a rare visit which has significant implications for the denuclearisation of the Korean peninsular. The Norwegian town where the sun doesn't set for almost seventy days - and speak to the man who wants it to be to be declared the world's first time-free zone. Time for a new beginning in South Africa today as President Cyril Ramphosa gives his first state of the nation address but will he come up with the solutions the country so desperately needs?

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