N.K. ceremonial head leaves China for Venezuela meeting

North Korean ceremonial head of state has left China to attend a summit of the Non-Aligned Movement (NAM) in Venezuela, diplomatic sources said Wednesday. Kim, the head of North Korea's rubber-stamp parliament, made a stopover at Beijing on Tuesday afternoon before heading to the South American country for the gathering that will run from Tuesday through Sunday. He stayed at the North Korean Embassy in Beijing after he landed at Beijing Capital International Airport. "Kim already seems to have left Beijing and headed to Venezuela," the source said, adding that the 88-year-old North Korean probably took a flight on Tuesday night or early Wednesday morning. More…