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Train used by North Korea's Kim Jong Un seen in Beijing, witnesses say
Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 2, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
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Published by Global Banking and Finance Review
Posted on September 2, 2025
1 min readLast updated: January 22, 2026
Kim Jong Un's train was spotted in Beijing, indicating his attendance at a military parade with global leaders like Xi Jinping.
BEIJING (Reuters) -A train marked with a North Korean flag and other visible design features consistent with one that has been used by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was seen travelling on a railway track in Beijing, Reuters witnesses said on Tuesday.
Shortly after the train was spotted, a motorcade with a North Korean flag was seen leaving the Beijing Railway Station, a Reuters witness said.
Kim is expected to attend a military parade in Beijing on Wednesday, joining Chinese President Xi Jinping and other leaders, including Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian.
Since becoming the North Korean leader in late 2011, Kim has travelled by train - a slow but specialised form of transport that the reclusive country's leaders have used for decades - to visit China, Vietnam and Russia.
(Reporting by Alessandro Diviggiano, Go Nakamura and Florence Lo; Writing by Liz Lee; Editing by Bernadette Baum)
A military parade is a public display of military personnel and equipment, often held to showcase a nation's military strength and commemorate significant events.
A national flag represents a country's identity, values, and sovereignty, often used during official events and ceremonies to symbolize national pride.
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