Kim Jong-un rides his trademark green train to China. He also has a plane, limos and white horses


In this file photo North Korean leader Kim Jong-un is seen waving from his train as he arrived at the railway station in Dong Dang, Vietnam on March 2, 2019, for an expected meeting with President Trump. - AP

SEOUL: In his latest bid to place himself among world leaders confronting the United States, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un travelled to China on Tuesday (Sept 2) aboard his trademark green armoured train, an ageing symbol of his family’s dynastic rule that he has used for past foreign trips to break out of diplomatic isolation.

North Korean state media published a photo of Kim smiling broadly while talking with his Foreign Minister, Choe Son Hui, in one of the train’s luxurious meeting rooms, furnished with yellow-brown desks, leather chairs and curtains with golden knots.

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