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![In this photo published by the Workers' Party-controlled newspaper Rodong Sinmun, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, guides a Russian military delegation led by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu through an exhibition of the North's latest weapons on Wednesday. A camouflage-painted Hwasong-17 intercontinental ballistic missile can be seen in the far background. [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/11781530.jpg?imageId=11781530&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![North Korean leader Kim Jong-un offers a wreath at a cemetery for Chinese soldiers killed in the 1950-53 Korean War in Hoechang County, South Pyongan Province, in this photo released by the North's state-controlled Korean Central News Agency on Wednesday. [YONHAP]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10602476.jpg?imageId=10602476&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)
![The recently renovated Sino-Korean Friendship Tower in Pyongyang, photographed on June 29 by the North's state-controlled Korean Central News Agency [NEWS1]](https://image.koreajoongangdaily.com/10089847.jpg?imageId=10089847&width=240&height=184&format=webp&format=jpg)