Russian Security Personnel Prepare Vladivostok Train Station for the Arrival of Kim Jong-un
The fact that Kim Jong-un is traveling to Vladivostok to meet with Putin means the arms deal is done and North Korean artillery shells should start being delivered to Russian units in Ukraine soon:
Police and military personnel are spotted at a platform of Vladivostok rail station in the far eastern Russian city on Sept. 11, 2023. (Yonhap)
Security measures appeared to have been strengthened at the rail station in Russia’s far eastern city of Vladivostok on Monday amid speculation that North Korean leader Kim Jong-un could visit Russia this week for talks with President Vladimir Putin.
As of 5:40 p.m., a large number of police personnel were spotted inside Vladivostok station, unlike the previous day. A South Korean government official told Yonhap News Agency earlier in the day that a special train presumed to be carrying Kim appeared to be traveling to Vladivostok.
Soldiers with service dogs, men in black suits, as well as a black car surrounded by police officials entering the platform were also seen at the station, although it was unclear whether the vehicle was related to Kim’s possible visit.
The New York Times reported last week that Kim plans to travel to Vladivostok, possibly by armored train this month, for talks with Putin to discuss the North’s potential supply of its artillery shells and other weaponry for Moscow’s war in Ukraine.
Yonhap
You can read more at the link.
Germany wants to bring South Korea to the G7 team as a new member,
https://web.de/magazine/politik/heusgen-erweiterung-g7-format-38606952
Change of tune by them, since three years ago, they were dead set against the expansion. Anyway, I don’t see what good this would do for South Korea, joining a relatively and increasingly irrelevant organization with the exception of the US, whose economic and military influence is waning. South Korea has semiconductors, batteries, manufacturing, and now one of the biggest military production – all things the G7 wants and needs from South Korea. If SK joins G7, all this will do is put even more pressure on South Korea to bail out the Europeans at the expense of South Korea. It’s bad enough that the US has taken a lot already, now add the Europeans. The Europeans are even short of ammunition for the Ukraine war. Only South Korea can bail them out of that mess.