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The other side of Putin-Kim summit: Looking beyond arms deal

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meets Russia's President Vladimir Putin at the Vostochny Cosmodrome in the Amur region in Russia's Far East, Sept. 13, 2023. [Reuters]

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to be using this week's much-heralded summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin to tighten his control over a country struggling with international sanctions and a pandemic-stricken economy, analysts said.

Putin and Kim met on Wednesday at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, a rocket launch facility in the Russian Far East, for their first summit in more than four years.

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