NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Jean Lee, the former Pyongyang bureau chief for the Associated Press, and Georgetown University's Angela Stent, about the upcoming meeting between Kim Jong Un and Putin.

Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, plans to travel to Russia this month to meet with President Vladimir V. Putin to discuss the possibility of supplying Russia with more weaponry for its war ...

Kim Jong Un reportedly hops on his bulletproof, drab green train for meeting with Putin The meeting would be Kim's first overseas trip in four years.

SEOUL — Russian President Vladimir Putin is notorious for making world leaders wait for scheduled meetings. Yet on Wednesday, Putin showed up 30 minutes early to greet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un.

Kim Jong Un and Vladimir Putin meeting: What we know so far. Analysts say North Korea can offer Russia ammunition, rocket systems and short-range ballistic missiles, while Moscow could send ...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un pledged support for Russia's war in Ukraine at his meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (right) is pictured with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un in the far-eastern Russian port of Vladivostok on April 25, 2019.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrived in Russia on Tuesday aboard a dark green armored train for a controversial meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin. Kim arrived in Russia on his ...

And meeting Putin is partly Kim's way of signaling to Trump that he "can shop around for a deal," according to Robert Kelly, a professor of international relations at South Korea's Pusan University.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un departs Pyongyang, North Korea, to visit Russia, September 10, 2023, in this image released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency on September 12, 2023.

Joined by his top military officials handling his nuclear-capable weapons and munitions factories, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un arrived in Russia on Tuesday before an expected meeting with ...