Vladivostok airport refutes information about arrival of Kim Jong-un’s aircraft

Society & Culture July 10, 2018, 8:26

South Korean Yonhap News Agency said earlier that a personal plane that belongs to Kim Jong-un was seen on Monday in Vladivostok

VLADIVOSTOK, July 10. /TASS/. Vladivostok International Airport did not receive airplanes from North Korea on Monday, except for a weekly passenger flight from Pyongyang, press service of the airport told TASS.

"The North Korean plane, mentioned in reports, was not at Vladivostok airport yesterday. This is most likely a mistake. As for North Korean aircraft, we only had an Air Koryo flight (R-885) yesterday, which runs on Mondays and Thursdays ", the press service said.

South Korean Yonhap News Agency said earlier that a personal plane that belongs to Kim Jong-un was seen on Monday in Vladivostok, where it allegedly stayed at the airport for about three hours and then flew to Pyongyang. This information was not confirmed in the North Korean embassy. Russian presidential spokesman Dmitry Peskov also said that he does not have information on the landing of North Korean leader's airplane in Vladivostok.

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