Kim Jong Il Visits Russian Embassy

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Kim Jong Il Visits Russian Embassy

DORK leader Kim Jong Il made a rare visit to the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang and exchanged New Year greetings, DPRK's media reported Monday.

DORK leader Kim Jong Il made a rare visit to the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang and exchanged New Year greetings, DPRK's media reported Monday.

Kim made the visit Sunday at the invitation of the new Russian ambassador, Andrei Karlov, DPRK's Central News Agency said.

It was Kim's first known visit to the Russian Embassy since he took power after his father and predecessor, Kim Il Sung, died in 1994, according to South Korea's Unification Ministry.

Embassy officials served Kim bread and salt, a traditional Russian custom of receiving distinguished guests, and held a dinner for Kim.

Kim traveled to Moscow and met Putin last August. The two leaders pledged to build closer strategic and economic ties and criticized American plans for a missile defense system.

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