North Korea’s Kim Jong-un to arrive in Beijing for military parade on special armoured train

Slow but specialised form of transport has been used by the reclusive country’s leaders for decades

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has crossed the border into China on his signature green train to attend a military parade in China celebrating the formal surrender of Japan in the second world war, North Korean state media has reported.

Kim left Pyongyang for China on Monday and crossed into China early on Tuesday morning, North Korea’s state newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported. He is expected to arrive in Beijing on Tuesday morning.

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