North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives at China on Tuesday on board a private train to participate in a military show in Beijing, rare travel outside his country, which will focus on his ties with Xi Jinping and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
Kim Jong Un arrives in China on his signature green bulletproof train, which relies on a slow but specialized form of travel. The train has been used by North Korean leaders for decades.
Since she became the leader of North Korea in 2011, she has traveled to Russia, China and Vietnam on this train.
Inside the bulletproof train Kim Jong Un
Taeyangho, a bulletproof train that Kim Jong Un uses for his travels abroad, is often dubbed as a “moving fortress”. According to Yonhap, the train travels at only 60 kilometers per hour, takes 20 hours to Beijing.
AHN byung-min, a South Korean expert in North Korean transport, said that for security reasons, North Korean leaders need several trains.
According to AHN, these trains have 10 to 15 cars each. Some of these cars are used only by Kim Jong Un and are equipped with facilities such as the bedroom, while others carry safety guards and medical staff.
These trains also have space for the office of the North Korean leader, communication equipment, restaurant and carriages for two armored Mercedes, said AHN.
A video released in 2018 from North Korean state television showed a meeting of Kim with the best Chinese officials in a wide train car ringed with pink sofas.
Photographs issued on Tuesday provided another view of the train, this time his office and table. On the table you could see a gold laptop computer, a bank of phones, Kim’s signature box of cigarettes and bottles with blue or clean liquids.
The windows of his office were decorated with blue and gold curtains.
In 2020, state television shots showed that Kim was running on the train to visit the area affected by typhoons and offered a look at the carriage decorated with flower -shaped lighting and chairs printed zebra.
The founding leader of North Korea, Kim Il Sung, grandfather Kimjong Un, traveled to his government in his government until his death in 1994 by train abroad.
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