North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un will attend a military parade in Beijing next week alongside Russia's Vladimir Putin, China has said, in what will be a landmark visit. This is Kim's first multilateral international meeting, making the event a diplomatic win for China's Xi Jinping who has been pushing for a new Beijing-led world order.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be among more than two dozen foreign leaders to attend China’s massive military parade next week, the Chinese Foreign Ministry announced Thursday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un will be in Beijing next week for a parade to commemorate the end of the Second World War.