North Korea's Kim Jong Un shown with coffins of his soldiers killed in Russia
On Tuesday, North Korea's state media broadcast footage of the leader leaning over the coffins of soldiers who died in that fight, marking the first time Kim had openly displayed his regime's role in aiding Russia's war.
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