8 h. ago Kim Jong Un arrives in China as President Xi challenges Trump with bid to establish new world order at anti

The North Korean leader's rare trip marks his first visit to China in six years and comes as the trio tighten their alliance in a direct challenge to the West.

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9 h. ago Kim Jong Un rides his trademark green train to China. He also has a plane, limos and white horses

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is set to arrive in China aboard his trademark green armored train

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11 h. ago Kim Jong Un arrives in China by armoured train to join Putin and Xi at Beijing's huge military parade as the communists push for new world order at anti

The North Korean leader's rare trip marks his first visit to China in six years and comes as the trio tighten their alliance in a direct challenge to the West.

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13 h. ago Kim Jong Un arrives in China on armoured train to meet Xi and Putin

Reclusive North Korean leader to join 25 other world leaders, including Putin at military parade

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19 h. ago North Korea's Kim Jong Un to watch Beijing military parade alongside Putin and Xi Jinping

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is on his way to Beijing by train to attend a military parade with his Chinese and Russian counterparts, an event that could demonstrate their potential three-way unity against the United States

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26 h. ago Inside Kim Jong Un’s slow ‘Moving Fortress’ and why North Korean leader takes the train

The locomotive travels only 60 kilometres (37 miles) per hour and is expected to take 20 hours to get to Beijing

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3 d. ago North Korean leader meets families of soldiers killed in Russia’s war

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un met families of soldiers who died fighting for Russia in its war against Ukraine on Friday, August 29.

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5 d. ago A look at the travels of North Korea's Kim Jong Un, who visits China next week

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will make his first visit to China in six years to attend a military parade next week

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5 d. ago North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will attend a military parade in Beijing next week

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will make a rare trip abroad next week to attend a military parade in the Chinese capital, North Korean and Chinese state media said Thursday

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7 d. ago Handshakes and hope but little progress: a short history of Trump

US president is keen for a fourth meeting with North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, but has little to show from the previous three encountersDonald Trump’s unshakeable belief in his ability as a peacemaker has raised the prospect of another attempt to solve one of the world’s most implacable crises: North Korea’s continuing development of nuclear weapons.During an occasionally fractious meeting with Lee Jae Myung in the White House on Monday, Trump did at least agree with South Korea’s liberal president on the need to engage with the North’s leader, Kim Jong-un. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Kim Jong Un sparks WW3 fears as he supervises new 'long range' missile system

The North Korean dictator even has a secret base near China that could shoot missiles towards the US, sparking worries that nuclear disarmament is a distant hope

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9 d. ago Kim Jong Un supervises new missile tests as North Korea boasts advances with ‘unique technology’

North Korean state media says new air defence missiles can counter drones and cruise missiles with ‘superior combat capability’

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9 d. ago North Korean leader Kim Jong Un supervises test of new antiair missiles

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has supervised the test-firing of two types of new antiair missiles displaying his expanding military capabilities as the South Korean and U.S. militaries carry out joint drills

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1 week ago Putin wants to ‘wriggle out’ of meeting, Zelenskyy claims, and says Russia does not want to end war – Europe live

Ukrainian president backs Donald Trump suggestion of more offensive reaction to Russian attacksKim Jong-un has hailed North Korean troops fighting alongside Russia in the war in Ukraine as “heroes”, at a ceremony to honour soldiers who recently returned from the conflict, state media said on Friday.The North Korean leader said in a speech this week that his troops had displayed “fighting spirit of the heroes” during their operation to retake Russia’s Kursk region from Ukrainian forces – which had established a foothold there last year – the state news agency KCNA said. Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Kim Jong Un’s sister denies North Korea has removed border loudspeakers

North Korean leader’s firebrand sister says Pyongyang has no intention of halting broadcasts or courting better ties with the South

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2 w. ago Powerful sister of North Korean leader denies removal of frontline speakers

Kim Yo Jong, the sister of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, has dismissed South Korean claims that North Korea is removing loudspeakers along the inter-Korean border

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2 w. ago Putin calls North Korea’s Kim to promise ‘closer contact’ ahead of Trump summit

Russian president Vladimir Putin held a phone call with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un to reaffirm their “friendship” ahead of his summit with Donald Trump in Alaska on Friday.

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