# List of international trips made by Kim Jong Un

This is a list of international trips made by Kim Jong Un. During his tenure as North Korean leader, Kim Jong Un has made ten foreign trips to five countries. Kim became the supreme leader of North Korea in 2011 and his first international state visit was to China in March 2018.
Kim Jong Un was also educated abroad in a neutral country before becoming North Korean leader.

## Summary

The number of visits per country where Kim Jong Un traveled are:
* One: Singapore, and Vietnam
* Two: South Korea, and Russia
* Four: ChinaMap of international trips made by Kim Jong Un: One visit Two visits Three visits Four visits North Korea

## 2018

| | Country | Locations | Date(s) | Leaders met | Details |
| 1 | China | Beijing | March 25–28, 2018 | General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and president Xi Jinping Chinese premier Li Keqiang | 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 | South Korea | Peace House, Panmunjom, Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) | April 27, 2018 | 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 the Korean Demilitarized Zone. |
| 3 | China | Dalian | May 7–8, 2018 | General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and president 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 | Singapore | Central Area, Sentosa Island | June 10–12, 2018 | 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 U.S. President Donald Trump. |
| 5 | China | Beijing | June 19–20, 2018 | General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and president Xi Jinping | Main article: Kim–Xi meetings § Third meetingThird meeting with China's paramount leader Xi Jinping. |

## 2019

| | Country | Locations | Date(s) | Leaders met | Details |
| 6 | China | Beijing | January 7–10, 2019 | General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party and president Xi Jinping | Main article: Kim–Xi meetings § Fourth meetingFourth meeting with China's paramount leader Xi Jinping |
| 7 | Vietnam | Lang Son, Hanoi | February 26–March 2, 2019 | 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 U.S. 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 | Russia | Vladivostok | April 24–26, 2019 | Russian President Vladimir Putin | Main article: 2019 North Korea–Russia summitFirst meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. |
| 9 | South Korea | Freedom House, Panmunjom, Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) | June 30, 2019 | 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 the Korean Demilitarized Zone. |

## 2023

| | Country | Locations | Date(s) | Leaders met | Details | Image |
| 10 | Russia | Vostochny Cosmodrome, Eastern Federal University, Komsomolsk aircraft factory, Vladivostok | September 12–17, 2023 | Russian President Vladimir Putin | Main article: 2023 North Korea–Russia summitSecond meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Attending the Eastern Economic Forum. | |

## 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

## Possible future trips

| Country | Locations | Date(s) | Receiving leaders | Details |
| South Korea | Seoul | Cancelled | South Korean President Moon Jae-in | During the September 2018 inter-Korean summit, Kim & Moon announced that Kim would make an official visit to 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. No preparations had been made by the conclusion of Moon's term in 2022. |
| Mongolia | Ulaanbaatar | Cancelled | 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, but this is not possible anymore because Ukhnaagiin Khürelsükh won the election in 2021. |
| United States | Washington, D.C. | Cancelled | United States President Donald Trump | Then-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." After Trump regained the presidency in the 2024 presidential election, he raised the possibility of another future meeting with Kim. |