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Evening Standard
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Michael Howie

Kim Jong-un heads to Beijing to rub shoulders with Xi and Putin at huge military parade

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has crossed the border into China on his special train to attend China's celebration of the formal surrender of Japan in World War Two, according to state media.

Kim left Pyongyang for China on Monday and crossed into China early on Tuesday morning, North Korea's state newspaper Rodong Sinmun said, on his way to the largest multilateral diplomatic event he has ever been to.

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