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[Column] Putin’s two very different trips to Pyongyang
On July 19, 2000, North Korean leader Kim Jong-il shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin during their meeting in Pyongyang. (courtesy of the Kremlin) Which foreign head of state has visited Pyongyang the most since the Democratic People’s …