88 m. 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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3 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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9 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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16 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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27 h. ago North Korea’s Kim Jong Un inspects new weapons factory ahead of China visit

North Korea said on Monday leader Kim Jong Un inspected a new weapons factory that’s key to his plan to accelerate mass production of missiles in a weekend visit before he departs for a major military parade in China.

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64 h. 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 Kim Jong Un to join Xi and Putin at Beijing military parade in rare trip outside North Korea

Western leaders have shunned China’s ‘Victory Day’ celebrations, while Russia and North Korea are strengthening ties with China

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5 d. ago Putin and Kim to join Xi at Chinese military parade in show of defiance to the west

The Victory Day parade in Beijing on 3 September will mark the formal surrender of Japan during the second world war. No western leaders will attendVladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un are among the world leaders who will attend a military parade with President Xi Jinping in Beijing next week, in a show of collective defiance amid western pressure.No western leaders will be among the 26 foreign heads of state and government attending the parade next week – with the exception of Robert Fico, prime minister of Slovakia, a member of the European Union – according to the Chinese foreign ministry. Continue reading...

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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 Trump wants Kim Jong Un meeting later this year to build on ‘great relationship’

Donald Trump has hopes to meet Kim Jong Un later this year, to build on their “great relationship”.

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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 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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9 d. ago North Korea releases video showing 'Kim Jong Un's soldiers fighting for Russia in Ukraine'

The slick propaganda video, broadcast by the country's state television KRT, purports to show soldiers engaged in brutal combat in Russia's Kursk region, which borders northeastern Ukraine.

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1 week ago Tearful Kim Jong Un pays respect to North Korean soldiers killed fighting for Russia

A visibly emotional Kim Jong-un was seen consoling the families of North Korean soldiers killed fighting alongside Russia during the Ukraine war.

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1 week ago Tearful Kim Jong Un pays respects North Korean soldiers killed fighting for Russia

A visibly emotional Kim Jong-un was seen consoling families of North Korean soldiers killed during the Ukraine war.

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1 week ago Kim Jong Un pays emotional tribute to North Korean soldiers killed in Russia

Kim hands out medals to ‘heroes’ sent by North Korea to help Russia expel Ukrainian forces from Kursk

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2 w. ago Poem of the week: Search Engine: Notes from the North Korean

Kim’s meditation on the disruptions experienced by family members during the Korean war and North Korean dictatorship explores absence, searching and separationSearch Engine: Notes from the North Korean-Chinese-Russian BorderBy which a strip of land became a hole in time – Durs Grünbein Continue reading...

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2 w. ago Putin praises ‘heroic’ North Korean troops fighting in Ukraine in letter to Kim Jong

Letter sent to mark anniversary of end of Japan’s colonial occupation of Korea is latest sign of increasingly close ties between two leaders

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