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Kim Jong Un’s Train Appears Bound for Russia for Putin Talks

www.bloomberg.com Kim Jong Un’s Train Appears Bound for Russia for Putin Talks

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un appears to have departed for Russia via his luxury armored train, South Korean media reported, ahead of expected talks with President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok that the US said would touch on arms transfers to help the Kremlin’s war machine.

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Why is he afraid of flying?
- Choose one:
  
  A) Getting shot down over Russia by some drunk and untrained air defense crew
  
  B) The North Korean plane falls apart midair because it hasn't been serviced since 1960
- At least he's reducing his carbon footprint 😂
  
  NK greenest country all thanks to dear leader /s
  
  All air travel, all of it, amounts to less than 3% of carbon emissions.
- Doesn't want to risk having a pilot take one for the team and play the lawn dart game with him on board.
  
  A good old CFIT
- They both are, so they tootle about on trains like the tin pot dictators they are
  
  It would be halarious if they meet in the middle of sibera train to train, like a bugs bunny cartoon
Anyone have the non-paywall link?
So I am mildly hopeful the trip will be so long, at arrival Jong Un will eat Pootin alive. Go Kim Go!
- Ukrainian secret service should try to cover Putin in cheese as he meets Kim to make this more likely.
Serious question for anyone who knows NK politics... What would happen to NK's government if that train exploded?
- I believe his younger sister, Kim Yo-Jong, would make a try for the seat.
  
  Which might be the only thing worse.
- He was in a coma or some shit for a while before he emerged back in public having lost a ton of weight. So probably not much. I believe his sister was running things while he was away. This is all speculation of course. They would never admit he was sick.
Brad Pitt onboard?
Omg - Joe Biden, bomb that train.

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