List of international trips made by Kim Jong-un
# List of international trips made by Kim Jong-un

The following is a list of international trips made by Kim Jong-un during his tenure as General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, Chairman of the State Affairs Commission and Chairman of the Central Military Commission. He has made nine foreign trips to five countries since he took office as Commander-in-Chief and Supreme Leader of North Korea in 2011. His first international state visit was to China in March 2018.

The number of visits per country where he traveled are:

* Four visits to China
* Two visits to South Korea
* One visit to Russia, Singapore, and Vietnam

## Summary of official trips

### 2018

| | Date(s) | Country | Locations | Leaders met | Details |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 1 | March 25–28, 2018 | China | Beijing | General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping | Main article: Kim–Xi meetings § First meetingFirst trip outside of North Korean territory since taking power in 2011. Xi Jinping is the first international leader to meet Kim Jong-un. Classified as an Official state visit. Met with China's paramount leader Xi Jinping, Premier Li Keqiang, International Liaison Director Song Tao, Foreign Minister Wang Yi, and members of the Communist Party Politburo. |
| 2 | April 27, 2018 | South Korea | Peace House, Panmunjom, Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) | South Korean President Moon Jae-in | Main article: April 2018 inter-Korean summit Met with President Moon Jae-in in the Joint Security Area of DMZ. |
| 3 | May 7–8, 2018 | China | Dalian | General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping | Main article: Kim–Xi meetings § Second meetingWorking visit. Second meeting with China's paramount leader Xi Jinping within the span of 40 days. |
| 4 | June 10–12, 2018 | Singapore | Central Area, Sentosa Island | Singaporean Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong United States President Donald Trump | Main article: 2018 North Korea–United States Singapore SummitHeld a bilateral meeting with Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong. Met with US President Donald Trump. |
| 5 | June 19–20, 2018 | China | Beijing | General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping | Main article: Kim–Xi meetings § Third meetingThird meeting with China's paramount leader Xi Jinping. |

### 2019

| | Date(s) | Country | Locations | Leaders met | Details |
| - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 6 | January 7–10, 2019 | China | Beijing | General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party Xi Jinping | Main article: Kim–Xi meetings § Fourth meetingFourth meeting with China's paramount leader Xi Jinping |
| 7 | February 26–March 2, 2019 | Vietnam | Lang Son, Hanoi | General Secretary of the Communist Party of Vietnam Nguyễn Phú Trọng Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân United States President Donald Trump | Main article: 2019 North Korea–United States Hanoi SummitMet with US President Donald Trump. Official Visit. Kim Jong Un stayed in Vietnam after the Trump summit to pay an official goodwill visit to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam. Held a bilateral meeting with Communist Party of Vietnam General Secretary, Vietnamese President Nguyễn Phú Trọng. Met Vietnamese Prime Minister Nguyễn Xuân Phúc and Chairwoman of the National Assembly of Vietnam Nguyễn Thị Kim Ngân. Chairman Kim also visited President Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum and Vietnam War Memorial, Hanoi. |
| 8 | April 24–26, 2019 | Russia | Vladivostok | Russian President Vladimir Putin | Main article: Kim–Putin meetings § First meetingFirst meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin |
| 9 | June 30, 2019 | South Korea | Freedom House, Panmunjom, Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) | United States President Donald Trump South Korean President Moon Jae-in | Main article: 2019 Koreas–United States DMZ SummitMet with US President Donald Trump and South Korean President Moon Jae-in in the Joint Security Area of DMZ. |

## Gallery

* Chairman Kim shakes hands with South Korean President Moon Jae-in at the Joint Security Area of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, April 27, 2018
* Chairman Kim with U.S. President Donald Trump at the start of the bilateral talks in the Singapore summit, June 12, 2018.
* Chairman Kim with U.S. President Donald Trump at the start of the bilateral talks in the Hanoi summit, February 27, 2019.
* Chairman Kim shakes hands with U.S. President Donald Trump at the Joint Security Area of the Korean Demilitarized Zone, June 30, 2019.

## Potential future trips

| Date(s) | Country | Locations | Leaders meeting | Details |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Cancelled | South Korea | Seoul | South Korean President Moon Jae-in | Official visit. During the September 2018 inter-Korean summit, Kim & Moon announced that Kim would visit Seoul by the end of the year. Following the summit's conclusion, it was reported from South Korea's Yonhap news agency that the visit would happen in December 2018. As of March 2019 there are no preparations. Due to Conservative Yoon Suk-yeol winning the 2022 South Korean elections, the potential trip is no longer possible. |
| TBA | Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | Mongolian President Khaltmaagiin Battulga | President Khaltmaagiin Battulga sent a letter to Kim Jong-un, congratulating him on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the establishment of formal Mongolia–North Korea relations. In the letter, he invited Kim to visit Ulaanbaatar. |
| Cancelled | United States | Washington, D.C. | United States President Donald Trump | Former United States President Donald Trump expressed interest in inviting Kim to the White House and both he and the Korean Central News Agency claimed that Kim accepted an invitation. Trump said that such a visit would happen “at the appropriate time, a little bit further down the road.” Due to Joe Biden winning the 2020 United States election, the potential trip is no longer possible. |
