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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rides a horse during snowfall in Mount Paektu in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on October 16, 2019/ KCNA via Reuters

North Korea releases song praising leader Kim as 'friendly father'

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his daughter Kim Ju Ae visit the Ministry of National Defense on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the founding of the Korean People's Army in Pyongyang, North Korea in this picture released on February 9, 2024 by the Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea leader Kim: we will wipe out enemies if they use force

This undated picture released by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) via KNS on December 31, 2023 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un speaking at the 9th Plenary Session of the 8th Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) at the Party's Central Committee headquarters building in Pyongyang. (Photo by KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)

North Korea's Kim orders military to 'thoroughly annihilate' US, South Korea if provoked

The North Korean flag flutters at the North Korea consular office in Dandong, Liaoning province, China April 20, 2021. Picture taken April 20, 2021. Photo: REUTERS/Tingshu Wang/File Photo

North Korea to launch new satellites, build drones as it warns war inevitable

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida. Photo: YOSHIKAZU TSUNO/Pool via REUTERS

Japan PM says open to meeting N Korean leader

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North Korea says Kim Jong Un is back home from Russia, where he deepened 'comradely' ties with Putin

Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting at the Vostochny Сosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023. Sputnik/Vladimir Smirnov/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

N Korean leader ends Russia trip with 'heartfelt thanks' to Putin

Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting at the Vostochny Сosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023. Sputnik/Vladimir Smirnov/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

North Korea's Kim vows full support for Russia’s 'sacred fight' after viewing launchpads with Putin

Russia's President Vladimir Putin talks to North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un as they visit the Vostochny Сosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023. Sputnik/Artem Geodakyan/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.

Putin and North Korea's Kim in their own words

Russia's President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un during a meeting at the Vostochny Сosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023. Sputnik/Vladimir Smirnov/Pool via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY. TPX IMAGES OF THE DAY

Putin says Russia to help North Korea build satellites

A view shows flags of Russia and North Korea ahead of the meeting of Russia's President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un at the Vostochny Сosmodrome in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, September 13, 2023. Sputnik/Vladimir Smirnov/Pool via REUTERS

Putin and Kim meet at Russia's most modern space rocket launch site

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Khasan, Russia, September 12, 2023, in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on September 13, 2023. KCNA via REUTERS

N Korea's Kim stresses 'strategic importance' of Russia ties ahead of Putin summit

A view shows a bridge over the Golden Horn Bay in Vladivostok, Russia September 11, 2023. REUTERS/Evgenia Novozhenina

In Russia's Pacific port, residents await North Korea's Kim Jong Un