Shocker alert: North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un doesn’t keep his word. After accepting Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invitation to visit Moscow for the Victory Day parade on May 9, Kim abruptly cancelled his trip, supposedly because of “internal Korean affairs.” It was embarrassing enough that Putin felt the need to invite Kim in the first place — many world leaders, including Barack Obama, David Cameron, and Angela Merkel, have declined to come because of Russia’s ongoing war in Ukraine. But having Kim accept, and then cancel, is humiliating.
Putin has put a lot of effort into building up Russia’s …read more
Source: Foreign Policy
