Putin and Kim Jong-un debate who gets in car first during Russian dictator’s North Korea visit

Watch Vladimir Putin and Kim Jong-un awkwardly debate who gets in the car first during Russian dictator’s North Korea visit on Tuesday (18 June).

The Russian president arrived in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang for his first official visit in 24 years and was met at the airport by Kim Jong-un.

After greeting Putin, the two leaders then became involved in an awkward encounter about who was getting into the car first.

Putin has continuously sought to rebuild ties with Pyongyang as part of efforts to restore his country’s clout and its Soviet-era alliances.

After North Korea, the Kremlin said Putin will also visit Vietnam for talks that are expected to be focused on trade.

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[cryptobond]

Let's all be friends, war is actually pointless.

[SpanielRacing]

“No, *you* get in *your* car which you donated to us, Vladimir!”

[bettytigers]

Did both seats have a woopie cushion underneath?

[TurkishBenAirsoft]

Everytime I see Kim I just think of Team America. Ah Haro 😂

[Paul-pfrm]

"Debate"?
Where do they find these so called journalists?

[maximl]

Feels like a 5 year old wrote the headline for this video

[benjiaj]

Kim's grin after was because he'd said ladies first and it was translated as 'after you' 😂

[jmgapa]

Literally nothing happened...ysll running outta news huh

[Michael-fjol]

Putin and kim look happy together. I wonder who's got the biggest button !

[geraldinejarvis]

Neither of them wants to risk turning their back on the other.

[sosteam]

these 2 guys seem like nice fellas

would be really surprised if they were both evil dictators

[ArdelR]

It’s called courtesy, you should try it sometime instead of making a pointless headline about it!

[Lovemesomedripppp]

Don't call a person what you wouldn't like to be called

[Khan_is_mongol]

"Russia have run out of weapons and are using shovels" - "UK Intelligence service

[Sam-mned]

Are there normally Christmas lights on trees at this time of year in North Korea?

[KukiKoko-fmrt]

Why you calling him dictator @independant

[creativity]

Breaking news:
Who gets in the car first😂

[davidthornton]

A worthy news story for sure 👍 well done Independent 🤨

[kmfstzp]

There's nothing wrong with manners. Our leader could take a lesson from these two

[Checkmate]

What a lame title.. Clearly shows the intellect of a 13 year old