N. Korea voices hope of boosting ties in message to China's Xi

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has expressed hope of developing ties with China in a congratulatory message sent to President Xi Jinping on his being re-elected to lead the Communist Party, Pyongyang's official media said Thursday.It "expressed the conviction that the relations between the two parties and the two countries would develop in the interests of the peoples of the two countries," according to the Korean Central News Agency.Xi began his second five-year term on Wednesday with a new leadership lineup, a day after the weeklong congress ended in Beijing.This is the first personal me…READ FULL ARTICLE