北김영철, 북미정상회담 조율 마치고 베이징 거쳐 평양행
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un's top aide, Kim Yong-chol, will have arrived back in Pyongyang by now.
He was seen at the main airport in Beijing earlier today... boarding a plane bound for the North Korean capital at around noon.
As he walked to his gate, Kim did not respond to questions from reporters about his four-day trip to the U.S. last week during which he met with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo... and with President Trump himself.
Kim Yong-chol is a vice chairman of North Korea's Workers Party central committee... and head of a bureau that deals with inter-Korean relations.
He had arrived in Beijing Sunday evening, and staying overnight, he may have met with Chinese officials to brief them on his meetings in New York and Washington.