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Kim's trip to China marks transformation from shunned pariah to confident diplomat
Millennium Post Delhi
|Delhi 07 September 2025
Kim Jong Un put on a command performance this week at a gathering of some two dozen world leaders in China, striding with confidence and a broad grin across one of the biggest international stages of his 14-year career as North Korea's leader.
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TOKYO:
As Kim returns home Friday, his time in Beijing marks a stunning transformation from his first tentative, violent years in power, when some analysts suggested the inexperienced young leader would struggle to survive threats to his rule.
Serious diplomacy with a large group of leaders was unimaginable.
But in Beijing, Kim looked like the leader his propaganda services have constantly sought to portray: an important—crucial, even—player in world affairs, entirely at home with the biggest hitters in Eurasia.
This story is from the Delhi 07 September 2025 edition of Millennium Post Delhi.
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