North Korea's Kim Jong Un wraps up Russia trip

By Agence France-Presse

Sep 17, 2023 7:45 pm

MOSCOW: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un left Russia on Sunday, ending a visit affirming close ties with Vladimir Putin and fueling Western fears that Pyongyang might provide Moscow with arms for its assault on Ukraine.

Kim's extended tour of Russia's far eastern region, which began Tuesday, has focused extensively on military matters, with his own entourage dominated by officers, a symbolic exchange of rifles with Putin and a tour of a fighter jet factory in Komsomolsk-on-Amur.

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