http://www.swissinfo.org/sen/swissinfo.html?siteSect=143&sid=6375519&cKey=1136991057000SEOUL/BEIJING (Reuters) - North Korea's Kim Jong-il entered China for a rare overseas trip, but a day after the media reports first emerged mystery remained over the secretive communist leader's agenda and even his mode of transport.
Kim entered China two days ago on a direct flight to Shanghai, the South's Yonhap news reported on Wednesday, in what may be his first overseas plane trip. Other reports had said he had entered China on board his armoured train on Tuesday.
North Korean propaganda lists among Kim's many achievements that he is a skilled fighter jet pilot. But he has never been known to travel by plane.
Media reports and diplomats say Kim -- like his late father, state founder Kim Il-sung -- has an aversion to flying and has almost always travelled by train under tight secrecy on his rare visits abroad.
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