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How Kim Jong Un’s Russia trip illustrates his security paranoia

By Tom Rogan
Published September 14, 2023 7:11pm ET
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How Kim Jong Un’s Russia trip illustrates his security paranoia
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Russian President Vladimir Putin shake hands as they pose for a photo before their talk at the Vostochny Cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 125 miles from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023. | (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)

Concluding his short visit with President Vladimir Putin in far eastern Russia, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be happy with how things went.

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