Rifle, fur hat, drones: North Korea's Kim returns with gifts from Russia

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Some of the items will be displayed at the 'friendship' museum, where gifts received by the North's leaders are kept. Read more at straitstimes.com.

most likely with gifts from his Russian hosts including a rifle, a cosmonaut's glove, and military drones - which on their own are a violation of UN sanctions.

That violates at least two UN Security Council resolutions against the North - which Moscow voted to approve - imposed for its banned missile and nuclear activities. "It’s also important that this is a gift from the heart. And Comrade Kim Jong Un liked it,” Mr Matsegora said. Opened in 1978, the museum comprises more than 100 showrooms with more than 115,000 items from more than 200 countries, according to the North's state media.

 

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