AKIPRESS.COM - North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has arrived in the far east of Russia for a summit with President Vladimir Putin, BBC reports.

Mr Kim arrived in the Pacific Coast city of Vladivostok for his first talks with the Russian president by train.

He was welcomed by officials with a traditional offering of bread and salt.

The Kremlin says they will discuss the Korean peninsula's "nuclear problem", but analysts say Mr Kim is also seeking support after talks with US President Donald Trump collapsed.

Mr Trump and Mr Kim met in Hanoi earlier this year to discuss North Korea's nuclear weapons programme, but the summit - their second - ended without agreement.