China and North Korea agreed Monday to deepen their friendship and promote the steady development of bilateral ties, with Beijing seeking political settlement of issues surrounding the Korean Peninsula following Pyongyang's ballistic missile launches.China's top diplomat Wang Yi and Pak Myong Ho, vice foreign minister of North Korea, shared the view that the two Asian neighbors should promote cooperation in various fields as they mark in 2024 the 75th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations, the Chinese Foreign Ministry said.North Korea fired what is believed to be an inter…READ FULL ARTICLE