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| IMAGES of Kim's arrival in Vladivostok, Russia for FIRST EVER summit with Putin | IMAGES of Kim's arrival in Vladivostok, Russia for FIRST EVER summit with Putin |
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| Kim Jong-un’s armored train has reached Vladivostok, a city in Russia’s Far East, which will host the first-ever meeting between Kim and President Vladimir Putin. | Kim Jong-un’s armored train has reached Vladivostok, a city in Russia’s Far East, which will host the first-ever meeting between Kim and President Vladimir Putin. |
| The summit, which is scheduled for Thursday, will be hosted by the Far Eastern Federal University at its new campus on Russky Island, which is across the bridge from Vladivostok. | The summit, which is scheduled for Thursday, will be hosted by the Far Eastern Federal University at its new campus on Russky Island, which is across the bridge from Vladivostok. |
| The program of the visit has largely been kept secret, but evidence of preparations for the high-profile meeting has been floating around since Monday. | The program of the visit has largely been kept secret, but evidence of preparations for the high-profile meeting has been floating around since Monday. |
| The armored train arrived at the station in Vladivostok hours after crossing the Korean-Russian border on Wednesday morning. As it was coming to a stop, Korean bodyguards in black business suits and white gloves poured out onto the platform. | The armored train arrived at the station in Vladivostok hours after crossing the Korean-Russian border on Wednesday morning. As it was coming to a stop, Korean bodyguards in black business suits and white gloves poured out onto the platform. |
| They wiped clean the door that their leader would soon exit from, and put in place a small ramp connecting the train car and a red carpet prepared for Kim. | They wiped clean the door that their leader would soon exit from, and put in place a small ramp connecting the train car and a red carpet prepared for Kim. |
| Kim had a smaller welcoming ceremony at the Russian border town of Khasan, where he was offered bread and salt as a gesture of hospitality, and a short tour to a historic building which has significance for the North Korean ruling family. | Kim had a smaller welcoming ceremony at the Russian border town of Khasan, where he was offered bread and salt as a gesture of hospitality, and a short tour to a historic building which has significance for the North Korean ruling family. |
| Accompanied by senior Russian officials, Kim went to the terminal square, where a military band in full parade uniforms played national anthems of North Korea and Russia. The visiting dignitary and his delegation were then treated with a military tattoo. | Accompanied by senior Russian officials, Kim went to the terminal square, where a military band in full parade uniforms played national anthems of North Korea and Russia. The visiting dignitary and his delegation were then treated with a military tattoo. |
| He then boarded a diplomatic limousine and left in a motorcade as the band played a farewell tune. | He then boarded a diplomatic limousine and left in a motorcade as the band played a farewell tune. |
| The visit to Russia is Kim’s first since taking power in Pyongyang in 2011, as well as his first face-to-face meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Among other things, the top-level talks are expected to deal with the stalled process of de-escalation of tensions on the Korean Peninsula. | The visit to Russia is Kim’s first since taking power in Pyongyang in 2011, as well as his first face-to-face meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Among other things, the top-level talks are expected to deal with the stalled process of de-escalation of tensions on the Korean Peninsula. |
| Earlier this year, Kim held a highly-anticipated summit with US President Donald Trump in Vietnam, which ended without a diplomatic breakthrough. Pyongyang matured its nuclear weapons and ballistic missile technologies under Kim, prompting a nervous reaction from the Trump administration in 2017. The latter boosted war games with regional allies, triggering unease in North Korea, which called the exercises “provocations.” | |
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