North Korea's Kim vows full support for Russia at a summit with Putin at a Far East spaceport

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54% : Kim could have ordered the launches to demonstrate to Putin the North's defense posture and show that he remains in close control of military activities even while outside the country, said Moon Seong Mook, an analyst with the Seoul-based Korea Research Institute for National Strategy.
51% : Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, right, and Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Trade and Industry Denis Manturov, left, attend a meeting of Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un at the Vostochny cosmodrome outside the city of Tsiolkovsky, about 200 kilometers (125 miles) from the city of Blagoveshchensk in the far eastern Amur region, Russia, on Wednesday, Sept. 13, 2023.SEOUL, South Korea (AP) -- North Korea's Kim Jong Un vowed "full and unconditional support" for Russia's Vladimir Putin on Wednesday as the two leaders isolated by the West held a summit that the U.S. warned could lead to a deal to supply ammunition for Moscow's war in Ukraine.

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