This Is the Kind of Thing ...

 ... I was talking about in re: North Korean-Russian relations. Kim honors 101 killed from North Korean Army contingent during the defense and liberation of Kursk Oblast. Watch first 20 or so minutes of this program to see the ceremony. 

You can skip the concert--pretty standard North Korean event. But then there are other things which inevitably change already the North Korean society. It is not just Russian investments, market, technology and other things. North Korea for the first time experienced (visits by K-Pop groups a few years back do not count) a real rock-concert. They DO listen to Shaman and sing his songs, especially Встанем (literally Get on Your Feet), but here they have been able to see him live. 

And, boy, did he rock to the core even Kim himself )) The packed palace roared. This was broadcasted by NK's Central TV. Well, what can I say--it was a triumph. And yes, Shaman can say now--Live in Budokan? Try live in Pyongyang. Will Kipelov or Aria now roll in? That could be a riot, literally)) That is some cultural exchange, I say. They will, inevitably, "thaw" on a societal level. 

It Is Saturday...

 ... so some dead Russian Korean guy sings one of the two immortal songs he wrote. I think it fits with today's agenda. I don't like Tsoi or Kino but I always admit--this is one of the greatest songs written in Russian rock music. 

Look at these dudes;))) 

Yes, both Kim and Vladimir know what it all means.

Visiting Marshal Shaposhnikov...

Sergei Shoigu and Admiral Evmenov show Comrade Kim how fully modernized Marshal Shaposhnikov looks nowadays, while Sergei Shoigu confirms serial production of 3M22 Zircon. 

Ah yes, those new missiles with the range of more than 6500 kilometers for strategic bombers. Boy, things don't look too bright for NATO. Hence this:

Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is willing to meet North Korea’s Kim Jong Un “without preconditions”, a top government official said Friday. The prime minister has previously said he was ready to hold talks with Kim, but the reiterated invitation comes after the North Korean leader travelled to Russia to met President Vladimir Putin this week.

Al Capone's truism that you can get much further with a kind word and a gun, than just with the kind word alone, works each time. This is the only method of communications combined West understands.