N. Korea's Kim congratulates Xi's 73rd birthday with message, flowers

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has sent a congratulatory message and flower basket to Chinese President Xi Jinping on his 73rd birthday, Pyongyang's state media said Tuesday.

Kim wished Xi "good health and greater success in leading the cause of socialist construction in China" in the message delivered the previous day through North Korea's ambassador to China, the Korean Central News Agency reported.

A ribbon on the flower basket read, "I warmly congratulate Comrade General Secretary Xi Jinpin ...