North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits the Pyongyang Railway Station to see off a special purpose train carrying the bodies of Chinese victims who were killed or wounded in a traffic accident, in this undated photo released on April 26, 2018 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA/via Reuters
BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has offered his deep apologies to China after a bus crash in his isolated country killed 32 Chinese tourists, state media said on Thursday.
China is North Korea's most important economic and diplomatic backer, despite Beijing's anger at Pyongyang's repeated nuclear and missile tests and support for strong United Nations sanctions against North Korea.
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