Kim Jong Un’s mysterious slow train to China — luxury, secrets and surprises

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un reached China on Tuesday after six years in his bullet train, North Korea's official news agency said that he will go to Beijing and take part in the military parade organized on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Japan's surrender in World War II. Kim Jong Un has reached Beijing after a 20-hour journey in his bullet train to attend the military parade. Russian President Vladimir Putin will also attend this ceremony along with Chinese President Xi Jinping. Kim Jong Un's journey from Pyongyang to Beijing is very interesting in many ways

Kim's father and grandfather also used to travel in it

Let us tell you that this is the first foreign trip of dictator Kim Jong Un, who remains absent from the media, after the year 2023. Earlier, he went to Russia in 2023, where he met President Putin. This historic train of Kim Jong Un is called a royal ride. The specialty of this train is that Kim's father and grandfather have also traveled in it. Kim likes this train because it is bulletproof as well as equipped with weapons and soldiers. It is not easy to penetrate its security. This is the reason why Kim Jong Un travels on his foreign trip by his own train.

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Went to Singapore by Boeing plane

When Kim went to Russia two years ago, he went by this train. Earlier, he went to Vietnam by this train after traveling for 60 hours. In 2018, when Kim Jong Un went to meet US President Donald Trump, China sent a Boeing 787 aircraft for him, in which he went to Singapore.

Know the specialty of this train

The specialty of this bulletproof green train of Kim Jong Un is that it has more than 20 coaches and moves very slowly. You will be surprised to know that the speed of this train is only 45 kilometers per hour, whereas when this train reaches China, its speed will increase to 80 kilometers per hour. Due to this speed, it took Kim Jong Un 20 hours to reach Beijing from Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.

Mysterious slow train to China

This train of Kim Jong Un is a kind of moving safe fortress, which is dark green in color and packed with bulletproof armor. This train has modern communication system, conference rooms, luxury suites and security arrangements. Generally, the coaches of his train are divided into three parts. The security check coaches are fitted at the front of this train, Kim Jong Un's coach in the middle of the train and coaches carrying his luggage are fitted at the back. The security of the train is such that even a bird cannot fly over it.

Kim Jong-un arrives in Beijing via his BULLETPROOF train ‘Sunshine’

The North Korean leader is attending the Victory Day parade and Xi-Putin trilateral
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Train route from Pyongyang to Beijing

Now know the complete route of this train, how this train will reach Beijing. First the train arrives at Pyongyang Railway Station, which connects the capital Pyongyang to the northwestern border city Sinuiju, where the borders of North Korea and China meet. From Sinuiju, this train crosses the Yalu River, which connects China-North Korea with the Friendship Bridge. Then as soon as the train crosses this bridge, it enters the Chinese city of Dandong.

After this, this bullet train passes through China's northeastern province Liaoning, then going from Dandong, the train passes through Shenyang. Then slowly it moves towards Beijing crossing the hills of Manchuria in north-eastern China. This train has to cross 177 rail bridges and about 5 tunnels on the entire route. Let us tell you that on this rail route there is also the longest rail bridge of North Korea, whose length is more than 1200 meters. In this route, the train crosses the Yalu River Valley and the high altitude areas of Western Manchuria.

Kim reached China after a long journey

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un has reached China after a journey of 20 hours. Kim had a very close friendship with China. Even China has been a big helper of North Korea for a long time. The friendship of both the countries is old.

Despite US sanctions, China has been helping it financially.

Summary

Let us tell you that these days Kim Jong Un has also come very close to Russia. He was also seen with Putin. America and South Korea have been alleging that North Korea has provided its weapons and soldiers in Russia's war against Ukraine. After that, Kim Jong Un will be seen with Putin and Xi Jinping in the Beijing parade, which shows the deep friendship between the three powerful leaders.

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