Putin gifts Kim Russian-made car, says official media

RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has gifted Kim Jong-un a Russian-made car, Pyongyang’s state media said.The gift would violate successive rounds of United Nations sanctions on the North over Kim’s nuclear and other weapons programmes that ban the import of any vehicles or luxury goods into the country.

The Korean Central News Agency also reported yesterday that Kim’s sister, Yo-jong, had said the “gift serves as a clear demonstration of the special personal relations between the top leaders of the two countries”.The report did not specify the vehicle’s model.