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Thursday 25 April – DAILY NEWS SUMMARY

Pretoria News (www.pretorianews.co.za) Page 1 – Parents shut school after pupil shot

Page 1 – Emotional Ramaphosa visits scene of tragedy in KZN Page 10 – Serbia aims to forge closer ties with SA

Page 14 – Kim seeks ‘useful’ Putin summit (Moscow:North Korea)

Page 16 – A looming further fuel price hike and subsequent inflation shock The Star (www.iol.co.za)

Page 2 – Motsepe-Radebe in visa mess

Page 17 – Consumer confidence at its lowest since last quarter of 2017 Page 23 – US man in N Korea embassy attack (Los Angeles:North Korea) Business Day (www.businesslive.co.za)

Page 5 – Kim arrives in Russian port for Putin talks Page 9 – Rand’s run of losses weighs on JSE Citizen (www.citizen.co.za)

Page 3 – Get 1GB for R40 – but not in SA

Page 4 – Picture: Honour guard (North Korea: 김정은) Page 8 – SA’s long, winding road

News24 (www.news24.co.za)

What’s at stake as Kim Jong Un meets President Putin in Russia?

WATCH: The Korean woman using frozen yoghurt to help make their country a better place

Key moments in Kim Jong Un’s diplomatic charm offensive 연합뉴스 (www.yonhapnews.co.kr)

남아공서 폭우에 이은 홍수로 51명 사망.이재민 1천여명 발생

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What's at stake as Kim Jong Un meets President Putin in Russia?

2019-04-24 10:56

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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives in Russia

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un crosses the border into Russia for a first summit with Vladimir Putin, as Pyongyang seeks support in its nuclear deadlock with the United States. The talks, organised in secret and announced at the last minute, will...

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un meeting with Russian officials in the Russian border town of Khasan.

(Alexander Safronov, Press Service of Administration of Primorsky Krai, AFP

Kim Jong Un has arrived in Russia for a summit with President Vladimir Putin, the meeting coming just two months after the North Korean leader's meeting with US President Donald Trump in Vietnam that ended abruptly.

Analysts say the Russia-North Korea summit scheduled for Thursday will serve as a

reminder to Washington that the North Korean leader has other options in the region backing his leadership.

The failed summit in Vietnam meant that Kim was unable to get the sanctions relief he sought from the United States. He is unlikely to get that in his meeting with Putin as well.

But while Russia fully enforces the sanctions it voted to impose on Pyongyang, it has joined China in calling for loosening the punishment in recognition of steps taken in limiting North Korea's weapons testing.

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Kim Jong Un greeted with bread and flowers as he arrives in Russia for Putin meeting

The North Korean leader is to meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin as he seeks to build his reputation on the global stage.

Why Russia?

Russia's relations with North Korea date back to the latter's foundation. Moscow also helped rebuild North Korea after the 1950-53 Korean War.

The Russian president is experienced in dealing with North Korean leaders. He visited Pyongyang in 2000 and met Kim Jong Il a few times.

The ties were affected after the fall of the Soviet Union but Kim Jong Un's father worked towards renewing them following Putin's election as president in 2000 and visited the country three times.

North Korea also sees Russia as an old and reliable neighbour that is not trying to meddle in domestic policies and wants stability on the Korean Peninsula, according to Georgy Toloraya, a North Korean scholar at the Moscow State Institute of International Affairs, who termed the talks "timely" following the Vietnam summit.

Cho Han bum, a senior research fellow at the Korea Institute for National Unification, said that Kim had been in a "catch-22" situation ever since the Vietnam summit collapse.

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"North Koreans are in despair with no hope for sanctions relief," Cho told Al Jazeera.

"China can't help as it is in the middle of a trade war with the US and Kim can't visit Beijing because he might lose face if he makes his fifth China trip."

What's on the agenda?

Kim has two urgent concerns as he heads to the summit – North Korean labourers in Russia and the food shortage in his country.

Around 10 000 North Korean labourers are still employed in Russia. All of them will have to leave the country by the end of the year as a 2017 UN sanctions resolution takes effect.

The labourers, who previously numbered as many as 50 000, provided Pyongyang with more than $500m in foreign exchange annually, according to documents seen by Reuters news agency.

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"Maybe, the numbers will stop decreasing after Kim's visit," said Dmitry Zhuravlev, director general of the Institute of Regional Issues in Moscow.

The labourers' presence is crucial in Russia's underpopulated provinces that have plenty of fallow land, timber and natural resources but they are "large enough and there is enough room for the Koreans", added Zhuravlev.

Kim is also looking at the possibility of a food shortage in North Korea this summer. Russia has shown a willingness to provide humanitarian aid.

Last month, it announced it had shipped more than 2 000 tonnes of wheat to the North Korean port of Chongjin.

What does Russia want?

The Kremlin considers this visit a key development in the settlement of the Korean nuclear crisis.

"At the centre of attention will be the political and diplomatic solution to the Korean

Peninsula's nuclear problem," Putin's aide Yuri Ushakov told a news conference on Tuesday.

On Friday, Putin's spokesperson Dmitri Peskov said that the two leaders will discuss

"bilateral ties", followed by the "issues of denuclearisation, regional partnership".

Putin does not seem to be a believer in Washington's use of sanctions as a political tool but the Russian president will be cautious about making any big new commitments, analysts say, as he is set to fly to Beijing for a major international meeting on China's "Belt and Road"

initiative.

What Kim hopes to gain?

North Korea is also looking to develop economic ties with Russia to lessen its dependency on China.

"It is important for Kim to understand what Russia can do in the field of economy," said Andrey Fyodorov, a former deputy foreign minister. "Without Russia and China, it is impossible [for North Korea] to get out of the crisis."

North Korea has long depended on China as its primary trading partner. Kim has also pushed Seoul hard to participate in joint inter-Korean projects to rebuild its railroads and improve its moribund infrastructure.

According to officials, trade between Russia and North Korea fell from $60m in 2017 to

$34m in 2018 because of the sanctions.

"Kim and Putin are expected to announce improved bilateral relations. Putin will announce his support for the step-by-step approach to denuclearisation," said Cho.

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"In addition, there's not much for the two to gain from this summit. There is nothing for Russia to do for North Korea in terms of military and economic cooperation under the large- scale sanctions."

Unlike China, Russia has a very small footprint in the North. Officials have long talked about big projects, including rail routes to Europe, or pipelines across the Korean Peninsula but there are reports that Putin hasn't shown much interest in carrying them out.

Will this affect US-North Korea talks?

The Vietnam summit was the second set of talks between North Korean and US leaders.

The historic summit in Singapore last year, which came after months of growing tensions marked by nuclear and missile tests, fresh sanctions and threats of "total destruction", ended with a vague statement that has failed to produce tangible progress.

"The summit will not make any difference to the Washington-Pyongyang relations," said Cho.

"It won't provide a breakthrough either. Recently, Stephen Biegun, US special envoy for North Korea, visited Russia with its deputy foreign minister and to deliver messages to Russia that Trump administration does not want the phased approach to North Korea's denuclearisation."

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WATCH: The Korean women using frozen yoghurt to help make their country a better place

24 April 2019

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The Korean yoghurt ladies spreading joy

Thousands of motorised fridges are driven around Korea, providing yoghurt and companionship for isolated people.

These Korean women are using frozen yoghurt to make a difference. Credit: Unsplashed

These Korean women coupled with thousands of motorised fridges are driven around Korea, providing yoghurt and companionship and a smile for people feeling isolated.

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Key moments in Kim Jong Un's diplomatic charm offensive

2019-04-25 05:15

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Kim Jong Un greeted with bread and flowers as he arrives in Russia for Putin meeting

The North Korean leader is to meet with Russian president Vladimir Putin as he seeks to build his reputation on the global stage.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un. (Alexander Safronov, Press Service of Administration of Primorsky Krai, AFP)

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin this week expands a diplomatic charm offensive that has included meetings with leaders from China, South Korea and the United States. Some key moments:

January 1, 2018: In his New Year's address, Kim calls for improved relations with South Korea and offers to send a delegation to the Winter Olympics there.

February 2018: North Korea sends hundreds of people to Pyeongchang Games in South Korea, including Kim's sister, who conveys her brother's desire for a summit with President Moon Jae-in.

March 7, 2018: After visiting Kim in Pyongyang, South Korean presidential envoy Chung Eui-yong says Kim is willing to discuss the fate of his nuclear arsenal with the United States.

Days later, US President Donald Trump accepts Kim's invitation to meet following a conversation with Moon's envoys.

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Kim Jong Un to meet Putin on Thursday - Kremlin

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet on Thursday in the Russian city of Vladivostok to discuss the international standoff over Pyongyang's nuclear program, a Kremlin official says.

March 27, 2018: Kim makes a surprise visit to Beijing for a meeting with Chinese President Xi Jinping in an apparent move to strengthen his leverage ahead of his negotiations with Trump.

April 21, 2018: North Korea says it has suspended nuclear and long-range missile tests and announces plans to close its nuclear test site as part of a move to shift its national focus and improve its economy. Trump tweets: "This is very good news for North Korea and the World"

and "big progress!"

April 27, 2018: Kim holds a summit with Moon. The leaders announce vague aspirational goals of a nuclear-free Korean Peninsula and permanent peace.

May 7, 2018: Kim meets Xi again in China and calls for stronger strategic cooperation between the traditional allies.

May 9, 2018: US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo visits Pyongyang to prepare for the planned Trump-Kim summit. North Korea releases three Americans who had been imprisoned, and they return with Pompeo to the United States.

May 24, 2018: North Korean diplomat Choe Son Hui releases a statement referring to US Vice President Mike Pence as a "political dummy" for his critical comments on the North and saying it was up to the Americans whether they would "meet us at a meeting room or

encounter us at nuclear-to-nuclear showdown". Trump announces he's pulling out of his summit with Kim, citing the North's "tremendous anger and open hostility".

May 26, 2018: Kim and Moon meet at a border village in an effort to revive the summit with Trump. Moon says Kim reaffirmed his commitment to denuclearise but also said he was unsure whether he could trust the United States to provide a credible security guarantee in return.

June 1, 2018: After meeting North Korean envoy Kim Yong Chol at the White House, Trump says his meeting with Kim Jong Un is back on for June 12.

June 12, 2018: Trump and Kim meet in Singapore, where they repeat the first inter-Korean summit's vague statement on the peninsula's denuclearisation without describing when and how it will occur.

June 19, 2018: Kim visits Beijing for his third meeting with Xi, who praises the "positive outcome" of the Trump-Kim meeting.

August 24, 2018: Trump cancels a scheduled trip to North Korea by Pompeo citing lack of

"sufficient progress" on denuclearisation.

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September 19, 2018: Kim and Moon hold their third summit in Pyongyang and the North says it's willing to permanently dismantle its main nuclear complex in Yongbyon if the United States takes unspecified corresponding measures. The Koreas also vow to resume joint economic activities when possible, voicing optimism that international sanctions could end and allow such projects.

January 1, 2019: Kim in his New Year's speech says he hopes to continue his nuclear summitry with Trump, but also that he would seek a "new way" if the United States persists with sanctions and pressure against the North.

January 8, 2019: Kim visits Beijing for his fourth summit with Xi, vows to "achieve results"

on the nuclear standoff in his next summit with Trump.

February 8, 2019: Trump announces the Vietnamese capital, Hanoi, as the venue of his second summit with Kim.

February 27-28, 2019: Trump and Kim's second summit breaks down over what the

Americans describe as excessive North Korean demands for sanctions relief in exchange for partial disarmament steps limited to the Yongbyon complex.

April 13, 2019: Kim says he is open to a third summit with Trump, but sets the year's end as a deadline for Washington to offer mutually acceptable terms for an agreement.

April 23, 2019: North Korea says Kim will soon visit Russia to meet with Putin.

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남아공서 폭우에 이은 홍수로 51 명 사망·이재민 1 천여명 발생

송고시간 | 2019-04-25 00:46

(나이로비=연합뉴스) 우만권 통싞원 = 남아프리카공화국(남아공) 남동부지역에서 폭우에 이은 홍수로 51 명이 사망하고 1 천명 이상의 이재민이 발생했다.

24 일(현지시간) AFP, 싞화통싞 등에 따르면 남아공 남동부 콰줄루나탈주(州)와 이스턴

케이프주(州)에서 지난 22 일 밤부터 내린 폭우로 주택과 도로가 파괴되면서 이러한 인명피해가 발생했다.

시릴 라마포사 남아공 대통령은 이날 피해를 본 항구도시 더반의 한 지역을 방문해 "1 천명 이상의 이재민이 발생했다"고 전하며 콰줄루나탈 주 북부에 접한 프리스테이트 주에도 폭우가 계속 내려 "위험한 상황"이라고 우려했다.

대통령은 그러면서 정부가 긴급 구호자금을 마련해 이재민들을 지원하겠다고 강조했다.

남아공 정부는 지금까지 51 명이 숨진 것으로 공식 집계하고 있지만, 현지 언론은 사망자가 전날의 33 명에서 이날 54 명으로 불어났다고 보도했다.

이런 가운데 구조대는 산사태로 파묻혔을지 모를 생존자 발굴을 위해 피해지역을 계속 수색하고 있다.

정부는 또 피해지역에 굮대를 파견해 구조작업과 대피 활동을 돕고 있다.

남아공 기상청은 강풍을 동반한 폭우가 더 내릴 것이라며 교량 붕괴와 도로 침수 위험을 경고했다.

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4 월 24 일(현지시간) 남아프리카공화국 남동부 항구도시 더반의 아만짐토티 지역에서 주민들이 폭우로 피해를 입은 지역을 바라보고 있다.[로이터=연합뉴스]

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