North Korea’s Kim crossed border into China in armoured train to watch Beijing military parade alongside Putin, Jinping | World News

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is heading for Beijing to attend a military parade on his special armoured train to attend China’s commemoration of the formal surrender of Japan in World War Two, state media of North Korea said on Tuesday.
The “Victory Day” parade, which is scheduled to take place on Wednesday, will see Kim share the stage with Chinese President Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin among other world leaders, as it marks the first multilateral international meeting of the North Korean leader.
According to North Korea’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmun, Kim left Pyongyang on Monday and crossed into the borders of China on early Tuesday morning.
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Kim, Putin are among the 26 world leaders who’ll be joining Jinping to watch the massive military parade on Wednesday in Beijing that celebrates the 80th anniversary of the end of World War 2 and China’s fight against Japan’s aggressions.
A few pictures carried Rodong Sinmun newspaper showed Kim with his Foreign Miner Choe Son Hui, inside of the dark green special train which reportedly was similar to the bulletproof train the North Korean leader used to travel to Russia and China earlier, Reuters reported.
Kim’s travel journey is expected to take at least 24 hours due to the train’s heavy protection gears which slows it down significantly. It is Kim’s first visit to China since 2019 and fifth visit in total since he inherited power upon his father’s death in late 2011.
Putin arrived in China on Sunday to attend the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation (SCO) Summit and Beijing’s military parade. According to Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov, a meeting on the sidelines of the parade with North Korean leader Kim was “under consideration,” AP reported quoting TASS news agency.Story continues below this ad
Presenting a direct challenge to the United States, Chinese President Xi Jinping shared his vision for a new global security and economic order that prioritises the “Global South” on Monday during the SCO Summit.
(with inputs from agencies)