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| ▲ N.K. leader Kim departs for Beijing by private train This image, captured from the website of North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on Sept. 2, 2025, shows the North's leader Kim Jong-un (C, rear) departing for Beijing by his private train the previous day to attend a Chinese event marking the 80th anniversary the next day of Japan's surrender and the end of World War II. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap) |
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N. Korea's Kim expected to stand alongside Xi, Putin at China's military parade: NIS
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Yonhap) -- North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is expected to stand alongside his Chinese and Russian counterparts, Xi Jinping and Vladimir Putin, at a high-profile military parade in China this week, Seoul's spy agency said Tuesday.
Kim is set to arrive in Beijing on Tuesday afternoon after having crossed the border between the two countries at dawn, the National Intelligence Service told lawmakers at a closed-door briefing.
He was possibly accompanied by his wife, Ri Sol-ju, and sister, Kim Yo-jong, on the trip, it added.
The NIS also said North Korea is likely to additionally send some 6,000 soldiers to Russia in its third batch of troop deployment to aid Moscow's war with Ukraine, noting that around 2,000 North Korean troops are estimated to have been killed so far during combat.
Since October last year, North Korea has sent around 13,000 troops and conventional weapons to support Russia's war efforts.
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