Putin and Kim put on a show as worries mount over what Russia might promise North Korea

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When Russian President Vladimir Putin toured North Korean leader Kim Jong-un and his entourage around the Vostochny Cosmodrome in Russia's far east Amur region on Wednesday, it was a deliberate display of mutual support between two countries that are increasingly isolated and united in their hostility toward the West. The fact that the meeting took place at Russia's newest aerospace site was symbolic, and Putin made it even clearer just how his country could help North Korea's military and space ambitions. When asked by state media if Russia would help North Korea build satellites, he replied that the cosmodrome was...