North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends a meeting with Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin (not pictured) during Volodin’s official visit to North Korea to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the country’s liberation from Japan’s colonial rule, in Pyongyang, North Korea, August 14, 2025, in this picture released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency. KCNA via REUTERS