{"id":236775,"date":"2023-09-14T14:56:49","date_gmt":"2023-09-14T06:56:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=236775"},"modified":"2023-09-14T14:56:50","modified_gmt":"2023-09-14T06:56:50","slug":"updates-putin-kim-discuss-sending-north-korean-into-space","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/?p=236775","title":{"rendered":"Updates: Putin, Kim discuss sending North Korean into space"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/www.bssnews.net\/assets\/news_photos\/2023\/09\/14\/image-147304-1694670150.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>\u00a0 MOSCOW, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Presidents Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un discussed the possibility of sending a North Korean into space, Russian news agencies quoted Putin&#8217;s spokesman as saying.<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0\u00a0 President Putin and the North Korean leader held talks on Wednesday at a spaceport in Russia&#8217;s far east.<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;We talked about the fact that if the North Korean side wishes, a North Korean cosmonaut can be trained and sent into space,&#8221; the spokesman Dmitry Peskov said.<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0\u00a0 If that were to happen, the cosmonaut would be the first North Korean ever to go into space.<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0\u00a0 Kim is visiting Russia as Putin seeks to bolster alliances with other leaders ostracised by Western countries.<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0\u00a0 The two leaders met at the Vostochny Cosmodrome, with footage released by the Kremlin showing the pair shaking hands enthusiastically as Kim arrived.<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0\u00a0 They then toured assembly and launch facilities for the Angara and Soyuz-2 space rocket launchers before sitting down for talks.<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0\u00a0 Kim &#8220;shows great interest in rocket technology, and they are trying to develop (their presence in) space&#8221;, Putin said.<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0\u00a0 The meeting at the cosmodrome was symbolic, especially as Pyongyang recently failed twice in its bid to put a military spy satellite into orbit.<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0\u00a0 In April 2008, Yi So-Yeon became the first Korean sent into space. The South Korean flew on a Russian Soyuz spacecraft to conduct a mission on the International Space Station.<br>\u00a0<br>\u00a0\u00a0 At the time, Yi said she hoped her journey would inspire South Korea to greater space endeavours and even help bring reconciliation on the divided peninsula. &#8212; NNN-AGENCIES<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0 MOSCOW, Sept 14 (NNN-AGENCIES) &#8212; Presidents Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong Un discussed the possibility of sending a North Korean into space, Russian news agencies quoted Putin&#8217;s spokesman as saying.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 President Putin and the North Korean leader held talks on Wednesday at a spaceport in Russia&#8217;s far east.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 &#8220;We talked about the fact that [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[215,209],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236775"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/11"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=236775"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236775\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":236778,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/236775\/revisions\/236778"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=236775"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=236775"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/namnewsnetwork.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=236775"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}