North Korean leader Kim Jong-un in April 2019 waves from his train as he leaves Khasan train station in Primorye region, Russia. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, left, in April 2019 toasts with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Vladivostok, Russia. North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, right, with Russian delegation led by its Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu in July visits an arms exhibition in Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korea’s state media said that Kim Jong-il died of a heart attack during a train trip in 2011. It’s not immediately clear whether Kim Jong-un would choose to travel to Russia on a train again when he seems equally comfortable with flying.
