N. Korea's Kim sends message to Putin ahead of Russia's national day: KCNA

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un sent a congratulatory letter to Russian President Vladamir Putin ahead of Russia's national day this week, its state media said Thursday. The message was "courteously conveyed to an official concerned of the Russian Foreign Ministry by Sin Hong Chol, DPRK's ambassador to the Russian Federation," the North's Korea Central News Agency reported, without further elaborating. DPRK stands for the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, North Korea's official name. North

By The Korea Herald