PHOTO RELEASED BY NORTH KOREAN GOVERNMENT VIA KCNA/KNS, JAPAN OUT UNTIL 14 DAYS AFTER THE DAY OF TRANSMISSION, AP PROVIDES ACCESS TO THIS HANDOUT PHOTO TO BE USED SOLELY TO ILLUSTRATE NEWS REPORTING OR COMMENTARY ON THE EVENTS DEPICTED IN THIS IMAGE
In this Monday, April 16, 2018, photo provided Tuesday, April 17, 2018, by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, claps while watching a performance of a Chinese art troupe with his wife Ri Sol Ju, left, and Song Tao, right, head of the ruling Communist Party's International Department, at East Pyongyang Grand Theater in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim met the high-ranking Chinese diplomat, amid a flurry of diplomacy following Kim's surprise visit to Beijing. Independent journalists were not given access to cover the event depicted in this image distributed by the North Korean government. The content of this image is as provided and cannot be independently verified. Korean language watermark on image as provided by source reads: "KCNA" which is the abbreviation for Korean Central News Agency. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)