The US and South Korea will hold a meeting on the latest North Korean missile test to discuss countermeasures.
Xi Jinping told Park Geun-hye that both countries should respect each other's core interests.
Jinping maintained he will continue to protect China's maritime interests in the South China Sea.
US State Department has dismissed the reports and said it found no evidence of North Korea kidnapping David Sneddon.
Pyongyang issues white paper denouncing Washington-Seoul's joint military exercises.
One challenged Kim's leadership while the other dozed off in a meeting.
North Korean trade representative in Vladivostok said to have escaped regime's clutches.
Seoul's navy, especially anti-submarine units, along East Sea on high alert following latest missile launch.
The North Korean leader called the recent SLBM launch the 'greatest success and victory'.
Authorities were also spotted planting landmines along the inter-Korean border.
Japan's PM Shinzo Abe condemns North Korea's 'reckless and unforgivable' act.
US 'strongly condemned' missile test and said it would raise the issue at the UN.
A golf course near the current site in Seongju County is emerging as a likely alternative.
A South Korean official has warned reprisal killings are likely responses to the defection.
North Korea's official news agency says Thae Yong-ho faced criminal charges.
Manbang will broadcast state-sponsored news and updates on Kim Jong-un's activities.
Kim orders increased surveillance abroad in the wake of Thae Yong-ho's defection to South Korea.
Thae Yong Ho has arrived in Seoul with his family, according to government sources.
South Korea's electronics giant handed out 12,500 Galaxy S7 Edge phones at Rio 2016.
'You can never be sure whether things were staged or not in North Korea,' says vlogger Jacob Laukaitis.
The UK Foreign Office is refusing to comment on the rumours.
The North has started a massive promotion campaign and has termed dog meat as a 'superfood'.