I was curious about the train dedicated to Kim Jong-un… North Korea reveals ‘moving office’

The interior of the train dedicated to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has been revealed.

On the 17th, North Korea’s Chosun Central Television released a new documentary film, ‘People’s Parents’, showing Chairman Kim working in a purpose-built train.

In the video, Chairman Kim holds a cigarette on his left finger and wears a short-sleeved top while talking to Cho Yong-won, the organizing secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea Secretariat, and head of the military government’s leadership division of the Oil Party.

Laptops, separate monitors, and smartphones also stand out. There are also ashtrays and games on the conference table.

Judging from the appearance of bringing in corn and examining it, it is estimated that he is spending the field instruction related to agriculture.

The film reads, “Dear Marshal, with the noble will that the people should feel that the policies of the Party are good and socialism is good, not only in writing, but through their lives which become richer day by day. You gave your heart and soul,” he said.

Meanwhile, the special train for North Korea’s supreme leader is known to be equipped with anti-bullet and mortar weapons functions, and has the latest devices such as satellite phones. His grandfather, Kim Il-sung, and his father, Kim Jong-il, also used private trains to visit China and other places.

Since planes can be tracked after takeoff, they are vulnerable to external attacks, but trains are easy to control in terms of personal safety.

For this reason, Chairman Kim used a special train to Hanoi, Vietnam, where the second North Korea-US summit was held in February 2019.

If you take a plane, you can get there in 3 to 4 hours, but it takes 60 hours.

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