Putin in North Korea live: Kim Jong-un hails close ties as visit likely to reshape relationship gets underway

Russian president and Kim exchange 'pent-up inmost thoughts' on trip expected to deepen trade and security ties Vladimir Putin receives warm welcome in North Korea See all our Ukraine war coverage Pyongyang has hailed its relations with Moscow as a "strong, strategic fortress" as Russian President Vladimir Putin arrived on a state visit, his first trip to North Korea in almost 25 years. State-run news wire KCNA said the relationship was "an engine for accelerating the building of a new multi-pol...