April 20, 2024
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Kim Yong Nam to visit Moscow for World Cup opening

Visit likely aimed at diplomatically appeasing Moscow following summit

Senior North Korean official Kim Yong Nam headed to Russia on Tuesday to attend the opening ceremony of the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Moscow, North Korean state media reported.

Kim is the president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, regularly meeting with foreign visitors to the DPRK and traveling abroad on goodwill missions on behalf of the country's leadership.

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