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Kim's armoured train has departed for Vladivostok, South Korean media has reported.

Reports suggest that North Korean leader Kim Jong Un may travel to Russia soon, potentially for a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. If the trip happens, it would be Kim's first foreign travel since the start of the pandemic. Kim is known for using luxury, armored trains for his travels, which are symbols of North Korea's dynasty lore and isolation.

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is expected to visit Russia's far-eastern port city of Vladivostok by armoured train this month to meet President Vladimir Putin, possibly to discuss supplying Russia with weapons for its war with Ukraine. It is likely to take almost a full day to travel more than 1,000 km (600 miles) to Vladivostok across the border with Russia, taking account of the North's sometimes archaic rail network. While he has made more trips abroad than his father, Kim Jong Il, as leader, Kim's travel is often shrouded in secrecy and heavy security.

SEOUL (Reuters) -North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is expected to visit Russia's far-eastern port city of Vladivostok by armoured train this month to meet President Vladimir Putin, possibly to discuss supplying Russia with weapons for its war with Ukraine. It is likely to take almost a full day to travel more than 1,000 km (600 miles) to Vladivostok across the border with Russia, taking account of the North's sometimes archaic rail network. While he has made more trips abroad than his father, Kim

Railway car like the one described. but in the aftermath of a recent armed rebellion here in russia. in which putin's authority was threatened. the focus on his isolated existence is higher than ever. >> the idea of putin being pampered as he travels incognito. by armoured train. underlies how strangely cloistered the kremlin leader has become. if i'm paranoid in besieged according to his former speech writer. >> why is it do you think that lamar putin and the kremlin have spent such large sums of money planning and constructing this armored presidential train for? >> he is losing the war. he'...