March 29, 2024
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Kim Jong Un departs for home after ceremony and lunch in Vladivostok

On the day after his first summit with Vladimir Putin, Kim appears to have skipped economic visits

Updated at 1615 KST to include details from an official report by the Administration of Primorsky Krai, and at 1630 to include additional comments from Governor Kozhemyako

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un wrapped up his first trip to Russia Friday with a salute to fallen soldiers and a lunch at a restaurant his father visited in 2002, before departing Vladivostok at 15:30 local time.

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