How Kim’s meeting with Putin at Russian spaceport may hint at his space and weapons ambitions

By KIM TONG-HYUNG
Associated Press

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Ending a global guessing game on when and where they would meet, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin have held talks at a rocket launch facility in the Russian Far East. The two isolated, nuclear-armed leaders were expected to discuss expanding military cooperation amid their intensifying confrontations with the West. The decision to meet at Vostochny Cosmodrome, a major satellite launch facility, on Wednesday may have signaled what Kim sees as the crucial next steps in his efforts to build a viable nuclear arsenal that could threaten the United States and its allies in Asia.