Train swapping: North Korea's Kim reliant on Chinese for summit transport


North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un arrives by train at the border town with China in Dong Dang, Vietnam, February 26, 2019. REUTERS/Stringer

HANOI (Reuters) - When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un rolled into the Vietnamese border station of Dong Dang early on Tuesday, his vaunted specialised train was pulled by a red-and-yellow locomotive emblazoned with China's national railway logo.

It was the second time Kim had arrived for a summit with U.S. President Donald Trump in transport provided by the Chinese, underscoring just how much the young leader's sudden flurry of international engagements has depended on his larger, more powerful neighbour.

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