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• DPRK leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's defense minister discussed practical issues to boost military cooperation, state media said, in what Pyongyang called a "fresh heyday" for bilateral relations.READ MORE BELOW

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Kim Jong Un discusses military cooperation with Russia

DPRK leader Kim Jong Un and Russia's defense minister discussed practical issues to boost military cooperation, state media said on Sunday, in what Pyongyang called a "fresh heyday" for bilateral relations.

During his visit to Russia, Kim inspected Russian nuclear-capable strategic bombers, hypersonic missiles and warships on Saturday, accompanied by Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu.

The trip by the DPRK leader, who seldom leaves his country, comes as "a fresh heyday of friendship and solidarity and cooperation is being opened up in the history of the development of the relations between the DPRK and Russia," state KCNA news agency said.

Kim met Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday and discussed military matters, the Ukraine conflict and deepening cooperation. The U.S. and its allies are concerned about warming military ties between the two neighbors.

South Korea and the U.S. say military cooperation between DPRK and Russia would violate UN sanctions against Pyongyang and that the allies would ensure there was a price to pay.

South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol called such a military partnership "illegal and unjust", saying the international community would "unite more tightly" to cope with deepening ties between Moscow and Pyongyang, in written responses to the Associated Press on Sunday.

Kim and Shoigu "exchanged their constructive opinions on the practical issues arising in further strengthening the strategic and tactical coordination, cooperation and mutual exchange between the armed forces of the two countries and in the fields of their national defense and security," KCNA reported.

Moscow is discussing joint military exercises with DPRK, Shoigu said. He visited Pyongyang in July and toured a weapons exhibit with Kim, one of the most striking signs of deepening ties up to that point.

Kim also toured Russia's Pacific Sea Fleet, equipped with strategic nuclear submarines among other military vessels.

DPRK this month launched its first operational "tactical nuclear attack submarine". Oleg Kozhemyako, governor of Russia's far eastern Primorsky region, gave Kim a bullet proof vest and six drones produced in the region.

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