The head of an elite North Korean military delegation that was deployed to Russia last week has been found dead in Moscow, according to local reports.
Newsweek couldn’t independently verify the reports and has contacted Russia’s Foreign Ministry for comment by email.
Kim and his delegation departed from Pyongyang on July 8, the news agency Yonhap said, on the first public visit by North Korean officials to Russia since Pyongyang and Moscow signed a new strategic partnership agreement in June.
According to SHOT, as a heat wave swept Russia, Kim, 64, went to the Bolshoy Gorodskoy Pond in Moscow for a swim to cool off, and “disappeared.”
North Korea and Russia have deepened their ties since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February 2022.
Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency said in June that Article 4 of the new agreement reached between Russia and North Korea during Putin’s historic visit requires either party to deploy “all means at its disposal without delay” to provide “military and other assistance” should one nation be attacked.
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The head of an elite North Korean military delegation that was deployed to Russia last week has been found dead in Moscow, according to local reports.
Newsweek couldn’t independently verify the reports and has contacted Russia’s Foreign Ministry for comment by email.
Kim and his delegation departed from Pyongyang on July 8, the news agency Yonhap said, on the first public visit by North Korean officials to Russia since Pyongyang and Moscow signed a new strategic partnership agreement in June.
According to SHOT, as a heat wave swept Russia, Kim, 64, went to the Bolshoy Gorodskoy Pond in Moscow for a swim to cool off, and “disappeared.”
North Korea and Russia have deepened their ties since Russian President Vladimir Putin launched a full-scale invasion of neighboring Ukraine in February 2022.
Pyongyang’s official Korean Central News Agency said in June that Article 4 of the new agreement reached between Russia and North Korea during Putin’s historic visit requires either party to deploy “all means at its disposal without delay” to provide “military and other assistance” should one nation be attacked.
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