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Kim Jong Un reportedly arrives in China’s Dandong city via new bridge

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Covered by 3 outlets, mostly left-leaning (67%).

4 articles in total. The spectrum counts each outlet once and leaves opinion out. How we measure bias

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Yonhap News Agency reports, citing an unnamed South Korean government source, that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in the Chinese border city of Dandong on Saturday via the New Yalu River Bridge. The four-lane bridge was completed in 2014 but stayed unused for about 12 years, and it officially opened about a week before the visit. The opening is seen as a step toward stronger economic ties between North Korea and China, which is North Korea’s largest trading partner and a key source of diplomatic and political support for Pyongyang. The reports do not include an official confirmation of the visit from either government.

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What happened

Key points

Each point shows who reports it, from Far Left to Far Right.

  1. Kim Jong Un arrived in Dandong, China, via the New Yalu River Bridge, according to Yonhap citing an unnamed South Korean government source.

    Reported byLeft2Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Bloomberg, Al Jazeera English
    Center
    Deutsche Welle

  2. The New Yalu River Bridge was completed in 2014 and officially opened about a week before the visit, after 12 years unused.

    Reported byLeft1Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Center
    Deutsche Welle

  3. China is North Korea’s largest trading partner.

    Reported byLeft1Center1See the outletsHide the outlets
    Left
    Al Jazeera English
    Center
    Deutsche Welle

How each side tells it

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All three outlets report that Kim Jong Un arrived in Dandong, China, via a newly opened bridge, citing Yonhap. Left-side headlines attribute the arrival to South Korean media, while the center headline states it flatly and its description says reportedly.

  • the left

    2 outlets

    Headlines attribute the arrival to South Korean reporting, through Yonhap or South Korean media, rather than stating it directly.

    North Korea’s Kim Jong Un arrives in China, South Korean media say
    Al Jazeera EnglishLeftAll left-leaning headlines

  • the center

    1 outlet

    States the arrival as fact in the headline without naming a source, while the description hedges with reportedly and the excerpt cites an unnamed source.

    North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in China's border city
    Deutsche WelleCenterAll center headlines

  • the right

    No coverage yet

    No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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Side by side

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From the left

2 outlets

Leads with

  • Attribution to South Korean reporting
  • Bridge opening and economic ties
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From the center

1 outlet

Leads with

  • Bridge’s long delay before opening
  • Unnamed South Korean source
  • Economic ties with China
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From the right

0 outlets

No right-leaning outlet that Mantle follows has covered this story yet. That absence is part of the picture.

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Who reported it when

How the coverage built up

  • Left

    First to report

    Bloomberg, Oct 24, 2:21 AM EDT

  • Center

    1 hr 8 min later

    Its first report, Oct 24, 3:29 AM EDT

  • Right

    No report yet

    From the outlets Mantle follows

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  1. BloombergLeftOct 24, 2:21 AM EDT
  2. Al Jazeera EnglishLeftOct 24, 3:07 AM EDT
  3. Deutsche WelleCenterOct 24, 3:29 AM EDT

Times are the ones the outlets published in their own feeds, in Eastern time. Opinion is left out.

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