epa10867400 A photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (2-L) reviewing a guard of honor during a send-off ceremony at the end of his visit, in Vladivostok, Russia, 17 September 2023 (issued 18 September 2023). According to KCNA, the North Korean leader left Vladivostok City on 17 September...

epa10865646 A photo released by the official North Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) shows North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) shaking hands with Minister of Defense of Russia Sergei Shoigu (R) during a visit to Vladivostok, Russia, 16 September 2023 (issued 17 September 2023). EPA/KCNA EDITORIAL USE ONLY

epa10863540 A handout photo made available by the Governor of Primorsky Region Oleg Kozhemyako's press service shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (C) arrives at a railway station in the town of Artyom outside Vladivostok in the Primorsky region, Russia, 16 September 2023. EPA/GOVERNOR OF PRIMORSKY REGION HANDOUT MANDATORY CREDIT HANDOUT EDITORIAL USE...

epa10863500 A handout photo made available by the Russian Defence ministry press-service shows North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (C) and Commander-in-Chief of the Navy, Admiral Nikolay Yevmenov (R) inspect the Russian Pacific Fleet's Marshal Shaposhnikov frigate in the port of Vladivostok in the Primorsky region, Russia, 16 September 2023. EPA/RUSSIAN...

epa10857975 Russian President Vladimir Putin (2nd-R) speaks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (2nd-L) during their meeting on the Vostochny cosmodrome outside of the town of Tsiolkovsky (former Uglegorsk), some 180 km north of Blagoveschensk in Amur region, Russia, 13 September 2023. EPA/VLADIMIR SMIRNOV/SPUTNIK/KREMLIN POOL MANDATORY CREDIT