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December 23, 2024

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Frenemies reunited: a brief history of Russian-North Korean summitry

With Kim Jong Un set to meet Putin, it's worth revisiting the two countries' past meetings

Finally, a Putin-Kim summit is underway. In recent years it has been frequently rumored that a summit is just about to happen, but every time these rumors were eventually proven to be unfounded.

Now, with the meeting set to take place tomorrow in Russia's Far East, it is probably a good time to recall the earlier summits between leaders of the two countries.

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