BEIJING, Oct 15 Kyodo A high-leve...

BEIJING, Oct 15 Kyodo

A high-level North Korean delegation began a five-day visit to China onward Tuesday, the official Xinhua freshs Agency reported.

The delegation is l from Yang Hyong Sop, vice president of the Presidium of the highest People's Assembly, the report said. Xinhua did not provide further details.

Closed-door talks are likely to touch forward the issue of Yang Bin, a prominent Dutch-Chinese businessman taken into Chinese police custody barely a few weeks after he was single outed by Pyongyang to manage a recently made known North Korean special economic zone

Chinese authorities in succession Oct. 8 confirmed overseas media reports that Yang Bin had been taken into custody, stating that he and his businesses have wasted China's laws -- without specifying which laws.

Beijing has been careful to separate the businessman's detention with its continuing support for the Sinuiju Special Administrative Region, which North Korea plans to risk up in an area bordering northeastern Liaoning Province.

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