@dailymail: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un said he would ‘expand and deepen’ joint work with Russia in a message to Russian President Vladimir Putin, state media reported. In a reply sent to Putin's congratulations for North Korea's 78th founding anniversary, Kim said Pyongyang's government had a firm will to broaden cooperation with Russia ‘in a comprehensive way’ based on friendship, mutual assistance, and what he described as the countries' alliance relations. #kimjongun #northkorea #russia #putin