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‘Moving fortress’: Kim Jong Un’s bulletproof train

By Claire LEE An olive green North Korean train, emblazoned with a gold stripe, trundled across the border into Russia Tuesday, carrying North Korea’s Kim Jong Un to a meeting with President Vladimir Putin. Since taking power in 2011, Kim has made seven international trips, and crossed the border into South Korea twice, using his special train for the majority of his overseas travel. AFP takes a look at what we know about Kim’s preferred […]