Updated 1030 KST to include details of Kim Jong Un’s arrival at the Russian border

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Wednesday left Pyongyang by private train for what will be his first ever summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin, the state-run Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on the same day.

Kim Jong Un departed at “early dawn,” state media said, and is accompanied by a number of top officials.

Among them are foreign minister Ri Yong Ho and vice-chairmen of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee Kim Phyong Hae and O Su Yong, according to KCNA.