Putin Praises Kim Jong-un on Missile Question: "You Are an Expert"

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A video has been released showing Russian President Vladimir Putin praising North Korean State Affairs Commission Chairman Kim Jong-un's missile knowledge as that of an "expert."

On the 15th (local time), Pavel Zarubin, a reporter for the Russian state broadcaster "Rossiya," posted an unreleased video related to the summit between President Putin and Chairman Kim on Telegram, along with the caption "A conversation no one has seen yet."

Kim Jong-un and Putin touring the Vostochny Cosmodrome.
Photo by Yonhap News

The video is presumed to show the moment before the summit between President Putin and Chairman Kim on the 13th at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Amur Oblast, Russia, when they inspected key facilities.

Chairman Kim, through an interpreter, asked a cosmodrome official where the objects separated from the missile would fall, saying, "Does the first part fall on land, and the second part fall into the sea?" The official replied, "That is correct."

President Putin, observing nearby, said, "You are an expert," and laughed together with Chairman Kim.

After holding the summit with President Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, Chairman Kim visited an aircraft factory in Komsomolsk-on-Amur, Khabarovsk Krai, Russia, on the 15th to observe the fighter jet production process and test flights.

On the morning of the 16th, Chairman Kim arrived in the Artyom area of Primorsky Krai and is expected to tour nearby military facilities.

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