North Korea's Kim will meet with Xi and Putin at Chinese military parade

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FILE - In this June 20, 2019, file photo provided by the North Korean government, Kim Jong Un, right, poses with Xi Jinping for a photo at Kumsusan guest house in Pyongyang, North Korea.

With Russia's Vladimir Putin also coming for the parade, the event will underline the three-way alignment among Beijing, Moscow and Pyongyang in the face of a U.S. push to bolster its alliances with South Korea and Japan.

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