Kim Jong Un’s $7M yacht on display in Lavrov visit despite poor cover-up attempt



Investigations Kim Jong Un’s $7M yacht on display in Lavrov visit despite poor cover-up attempt State media attempts to obscure that meeting took place on foreign-made Princess vessel by showing footage of older boat Colin Zwirko July 14, 2025 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Kim meets Lavrov on his Princess 95MY yacht (left), Princess 95MY yacht (right) \| Images: KCTV (July 13, 2025), Princess.fr (2011), edited by NK Pro North Korean state media made a feeble attempt to hide leader Kim Jong Un’s 7 million dollar British yacht in coverage of his meeting with Russia’s foreign minister over the weekend, according to NK Pro analysis. Korean Central Television (KCTV) video footage on Sunday suggested Kim arrived at a dock at the north end of the Wonsan Kalma peninsula via a large but old and domestically modified yacht. It also showed him sailing this yacht into the sunset with top officials after Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov departed by car. The wide shots focusing Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01North Korea’s politburo meeting hints at secret changes to senior officials 02The bureaucracy test: Signs to look for before a Trump-Kim summit 03China has reasons to like Trump’s North Korea outreach — and reasons to worry 04North Korea’s old alliance with Tanzania quietly finds new life 05North Korea has named its price for reopening UK’s embassy in Pyongyang 06Why Trump’s new counter-cybercrime model curiously leaves out North Korea 07The Kremlin veteran tasked with keeping Russia-North Korea’s alliance on track 08North Korea’s imports of sanctioned goods rise as China trade slows

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Kim Jong Un’s $7M yacht on display in Lavrov visit despite poor cover-up attempt

State media attempts to obscure that meeting took place on foreign-made Princess vessel by showing footage of older boat

Colin Zwirko July 14, 2025

Kim Jong Un’s $7M yacht on display in Lavrov visit despite poor cover-up attempt

Kim meets Lavrov on his Princess 95MY yacht (left), Princess 95MY yacht (right) | Images: KCTV (July 13, 2025), Princess.fr (2011), edited by NK Pro

North Korean state media made a feeble attempt to hide leader Kim Jong Un’s 7 million dollar British yacht in coverage of his meeting with Russia’s foreign minister over the weekend, according to NK Pro analysis.

Korean Central Television (KCTV) video footage on Sunday suggested Kim arrived at a dock at the north end of the Wonsan Kalma peninsula via a large but old and domestically modified yacht. It also showed him sailing this yacht into the sunset with top officials after Russian foreign minister Sergei Lavrov departed by car.

The wide shots focusing

LATEST ANALYSIS

01North Korea’s politburo meeting hints at secret changes to senior officials
02The bureaucracy test: Signs to look for before a Trump-Kim summit
03China has reasons to like Trump’s North Korea outreach — and reasons to worry
04North Korea’s old alliance with Tanzania quietly finds new life
05North Korea has named its price for reopening UK’s embassy in Pyongyang
06Why Trump’s new counter-cybercrime model curiously leaves out North Korea
07The Kremlin veteran tasked with keeping Russia-North Korea’s alliance on track
08North Korea’s imports of sanctioned goods rise as China trade slows

Kim Jong Un’s $7M yacht on display in Lavrov visit despite poor cover-up attempt

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