State media focused on propagandizing North Korea’s friendship with Russia this week to mark the summit between Russian leader Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un on Wednesday. 

The state-run television station and printed dailies featured a wide variety of coverage related to Moscow, while articles stressed that the two countries built their relationships from the old days and highlighted Kim Il Sung’s self-claimed contributions to helping Russia fight against the Japanese during World War II. 

North Korea’s interim legislative body held a meeting last Thursday, at which it adopted a new law