French wine, live lobsters, perfomers - A peek inside Kim Jong-un's luxury bulletproof train
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n a rare trip to meet President Vladimir Putin, Kim Jong-un on Tuesday arrived in Russia on board his bulletproof train -- a slow-moving luxury locomotive which said to include a restaurant serving fine French wines imported from Paris and dishes such as fresh lobster, with dancers and performers to entertain the high-profile travellers, a media report said.
According to the BBC report, the green train with a yellow stripe train named 'Taeyangho', the Korean word for the sun and a symbolic reference to North Korea's founder Kim Il Sung, runs along at a speed of about 50km/h because of its heavy armoured protection.
In comparison, London's high-speed rail runs at about 200km/h while Japan's Shinkansen bullet trains can hit 320 km/h.
The BBC said that Kim Jong-un spent more than 20 hours travelling some 1,180 km on the slow-moving locomotive.
A report by South Korean Yonhap News Agency citing the North's officialKorean Central News Agency (KCNA) said on Tuesday that that Kim Jong-un had left Pyongyang for Russia aboard the bulletproof train on Sunday afternoon, accompanied by leading officials of the regime's ruling party and the armed forces.
The KCNA said Kim "left here by his train on Sunday afternoon to visit the Russian Federation".
Meanwhile,Russian media outlet "Vesti Primorye" also reported that Kim's train arrived at the border city of Khasan on Tuesday and was on its way to the Far Eastern city of Ussuriysk, citing a railway source.
✔️ French wine, live lobsters, perfomers - A peek inside Kim Jong-un's luxury bulletproof train
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