Updated On: 18 September, 2023 08:02 AM IST | Seoul | Agencies
Senior officials including Russia’s Minister of Natural Resources Alexander Kozlov and Primorye regional Gov. Oleg Kozhemyako were present at the ceremony, which featured a Russian military band playing both North Korean and Russian national anthems

Kim Jong Un waves before boarding his train during a farewell ceremony. Pic/AP
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is on his way home on Sunday from Russia, ending a six-day trip that triggered global concerns about weapons transfer deals between the two countries locked in separate standoffs with the West.
Kim’s armored train departed to the sound of the Russian patriotic march song “Farewell of Slavianka” at the end of a farewell ceremony at a railway station in Artyom, a far eastern Russian city about 200 km from the border with North Korea, Russia’s state news agency RIA reported.