North Korea leader Kim Jong Un isn't big on flying, preferring to ride his signature train across the country, just like his father and also North Korea founder Kim Il Sung. Today, the green and yellow locomotive was seen rolling through Russia, likely bringing the leader to meet with Vladimir Putin about an arms deal. The interior of the train cars mostly remain a mystery save for scenes in the below video, released in 2010. Here's what we do know about the inside of the Best Korean Senior Leader's choo-choo,...

North Korea’s leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Russia for a meeting with Vladimir Putin using a luxurious, heavily armored, slow-moving train painted in an olive shade of green. Train tradition: Kim continues the tradition of predominantly traveling by rail, which was initiated by his grandfather Kim Il-sung, the founder of North Korea. He boarded the train on Sunday along with officials from Pyongyang’s arms industry, military officers and the country’s defense minister. Kim is expected to discuss Mocow’s need for more weapons to supply its war in Ukraine with Russian...

Images on Russia and North Korean state media outlets showed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un traveling to Russia for a highly anticipated meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin by armored train — a method of travel that has been used by the reclusive Kim dynasty for decades. Still photos released by Korean Central News Agency — the North Korean state media outlet — capture the 39-year-old dictator standing aboard a dark green train at a train station in North Korea's capital, Pyongyang, before his armored train left for Russia....

The South Korean Defense Ministry confirmed on Tuesday a train carrying North Korea’s communist dictator Kim Jong-un had crossed into Russia, apparently navigating towards the far east of that country for an in-person meeting with strongman Vladimir Putin. Both administrations confirmed Kim and Putin, longtime allies, would meet in eastern Russia in the near future. Neither has offered any details regarding the planned conversation, but multiple international media outlets – and the U.S.

The South Korean defence ministry has confirmed that the bulletproof train carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has now entered Russia and is moving towards the city of Vladivostok. There, Kim will meet Russian president Vladimir Putin for the first time since 2019. They are expected to discuss relations between the two nations and a potential arms deal. Kim is a "reclusive leader" who is "famously paranoid about his security, rarely stepping beyond the sealed borders of his regime", said The Telegraph. When he does choose to venture overseas,...

It’s happening: North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un will meet Russian President Vladimir Putin as part of an economic summit in Vladivostok, Russia, this week, a rare public show of diplomacy that could have consequences for both nations. On Monday morning US time, South Korean officials reported that the heavily armored train that Kim uses to travel internationally was spotted en route to Russia’s Far East. And Monday, the Kremlin confirmed the meeting, saying in a short statement that Kim would visit “in the coming days.” As Russia continues its...

The bullet-proof train carrying Kim Jong Un crossed the border into Russia on Tuesday as the North Korean leader made his way to a summit with President Vladimir Putin, local media reported. Russian media posted a video of the green-and-gold train traveling north in Primorye, the far-east district where Vladivostok is located. The green-and-gold train in the video appeared to match images released on Monday by the Korean Central News Agency, North Korea's state-run media. The Kremlin on Monday announced that Putin would travel to Vladivostok for an economic forum....

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The leaders of North Korea and Russia are scheduled to meet this week, with deepening military, economic and geopolitical cooperation on the official agenda. Behind closed doors, however, White House officials and political analysts believe the talks between North Korean leader Kim Yong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin will focus on arms deals and military cooperation that could potentially take their relationship to another, more disconcerting, level. Ahead of Kim's arrival in Vladivostok in the early hours of Tuesday morning, the Pentagon said it had no detail on where...