TOKYO -- When North Korean leader Kim Jong Un entered Russia to meet with President Vladimir Putin last week, Kim's first train stop was not Vladivostok, where Putin attended an international conference, but a spaceport in Amur Oblast.
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North Korean leader and Putin use each other to compensate for weaknesses
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, second from right, with Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Russian Far East on Sept. 13. (Kremlin via Reuters)
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