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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin meet during their visit to Beijing to attend China's commemoration of the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China, September 3, 2025, in this picture released by the Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea wipes traces of Kim Jong Un after Beijing meeting with Putin

Even with the appearance of budding friendship between Kim and Putin, footage on Wednesday showed the reclusive state's extraordinary measures to conceal any clues about Kim's health

Chinese President Xi Jinping, Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrive for a reception marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China September 3, 2025. Photo: REUTERS/Florence Lo

Kremlin to Trump: Putin is not plotting against the USA with Xi and Kim

A combination picture released by the Korean Central News Agency on September 2, 2025, shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un walking (top), and being greeted next to his daughter Kim Ju Ae by Director of the General Office of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) Cai Qi (bottom left) and Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi (bottom right), after his arrival in Beijing, China. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

'Front runner' to be North Korea's next supreme leader makes international debut in China

Russian President Vladimir Putin, Chinese President Xi Jinping, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and heads of foreign delegations arrive for a military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the end of World War Two, in Beijing, China September 3, 2025. Photo: Sputnik/Sergey Bobylev/Pool via REUTER

Beijing showcases new weapons as Xi, flanked by Putin and Kim, projects power at military parade

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends an event to celebrate Russia's Victory Day, at the Russian embassy in Pyongyang, North Korea, May 9, 2025. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

What does North Korea's Kim want from rare China trip?

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur Oblast of the Far East Region, Russia, September 13, 2023 in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo

Putin, Kim Jong Un to attend Chinese parade in show of defiance to the West

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visits a Choe Hyon-class destroyer, in North Korea, August 18, 2025, in this photo released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea's Kim calls for rapid nuclear buildup

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaks while he inspects military factories, as he urges ramp-up in shell production to meet modern warfare demands, at an unknown location in North Korea, June 13, 2025. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS/File Photo

US will strike North Korea if South attacked with nukes: South's spy chief nominee

A satellite image shows a North Korean warship covered with a blue tarp after an accident that occurred during its launch at the shipyard in Chongjin, North Korea, May 23, 2025. Photo: 2025 Planet Labs PBC/Handout via REUTERS

North Korea detains officials over warship accident: state media

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is cheered by military pilots during a visit to an airfield in this photo released by the Korean Central News Agency, May 16, 2025. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea's Kim Jong Un oversees air drills, calls for stepped-up war preparation

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un touches tank armour as he tours a military equipment facility at an unspecified location in North Korea, in this image released May 4, 2025 by the Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea's Kim visits tank factory, touts progress in Korean-style tanks

An aerial view during a ceremony for launching a "new multipurpose destroyer," as per state media KCNA's reports, in Nampo, North Korea, in this handout picture released on April 26, 2025, by the Korean Central News Agency. Photo: KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea unveils new 'Kim Jong Un style' 5,000-tonne warship

Images released by state media showed Kim peering through the scope of a sniper rifle on a visit to special forces. Photo: STR/KCNA VIA KNS/AFP

North Korea's Kim fires new sniper rifle while visiting troops