![Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the ruling Workers\' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee, arrives at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., May 30, 2018. As the highest-level DPRK official to visit the United States in 18 years, Kim will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week. (Photo: China News Service/Liao Pan)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/05/31/c5bfc059dd2644a9a451e00a80c9c38c.jpg)
Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee, arrives at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., May 30, 2018. As the highest-level DPRK official to visit the United States in 18 years, Kim will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week. (Photo: China News Service/Liao Pan)
![Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the ruling Workers\' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee, arrives at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., May 30, 2018. As the highest-level DPRK official to visit the United States in 18 years, Kim will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week. (Photo: China News Service/Liao Pan)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/05/31/26a5e35ae232478e81cc895def621c7b.jpg)
Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee, arrives at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., May 30, 2018. As the highest-level DPRK official to visit the United States in 18 years, Kim will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week. (Photo: China News Service/Liao Pan)
![Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the ruling Workers\' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee, arrives at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., May 30, 2018. As the highest-level DPRK official to visit the United States in 18 years, Kim will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week. (Photo: China News Service/Liao Pan)](http://www.ecns.cn/hd/2018/05/31/92150637cc0c4dbf93bcb5556f4eefd2.jpg)
Kim Yong Chol, vice chairman of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee, arrives at the U.N. headquarters in New York, U.S., May 30, 2018. As the highest-level DPRK official to visit the United States in 18 years, Kim will meet with U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo this week. (Photo: China News Service/Liao Pan)