North Korea’s leader Kim Jong Un is in Russia to meet president Vladimir Putin.
Both nations can be useful to one another and also have a number of things in common, from shared enemies to a reliance on China.
The BBC’s Russia Editor, Steve Rosenberg and Seoul correspondent Jean Mackenzie take a look at why the two countries may want to be friends.
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