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A delegation of North Korean navy training officers has reportedly left for Russia.
The North’s official Korean Central Information Company(KCNA) reported on Tuesday that the Korean Individuals’s Military navy training delegation led by Kim Kum-chol, president of Kim Il Sung Army College, departed for Russia on Monday.
The report didn’t present additional particulars concerning the delegation or the aim of the journey.
This marks the primary public go to by North Korean navy officers to Russia since June 19, when the leaders of North Korea and Russia signed a complete strategic partnership treaty that requires the 2 nations to supply navy help to one another is both is attacked.
Kim Il Sung Army College is an elite navy academy for officers. North Korean chief Kim Jong-un is understood to have attended the college after learning in Switzerland.