Did China just accidentally reveal one of North Korea’s most closely guarded state secrets?
In an innocuous-looking message, China’s state-run Global Times newspaper on Tuesday appeared to reveal the birth date of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in a tweet by the outlet’s official Twitter account as the young dictator arrived in Beijing earlier in the day for his fourth meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping.
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