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He may have been reported dead last week by US/UK media, but today North Korean leader Kim Jong-un received a medal from President Putin for his contribution to perpetuating the memory of Soviet citizens buried in North Korea.
In 2019, the Kremlin announced the creation of a brand new award named ‘75 Years of Victory in the Great Patriotic War 1941-1945’, to be given to those chosen by the president. The award has already been presented to multiple people, many of whom are Russian veterans.
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The medal itself was given by Russian Ambassador Alexander Matsegora to North Korean Foreign Minister Ree Song-gwon in Pyongyang’s Mansudae Palace of Congress. Kim Jong-un was not present.
Kim has been leader of North Korea since 2011, but met Putin for the first time in April 2019, at a summit in the far eastern Russian city of Vladivostok.
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