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Intelligence officials in Seoul expressed surprise over a secret 'unknown visit' to eastern Russia by the Communist country's head of state Kim Jong-un.

Intelligence officials in Seoul expressed surprise over a secret 'unknown visit' to eastern Russia by the Communist country's head of state Kim Jong-un.

Findings pave the way for a 1.2 million square kilometre claim to the UN on hydrocarbon drilling rights.

Speculation that reclusive dictator's debut foreign trip will see him visit Khabarovsk in September.

Ransom demanded for two UTair staff seized in ambush on UN contract work.

Huge area of the Sea of Okhotsk will be recognised as part of Russia's continental shelf.

Siberian 'suslik' needs human rescue from passing motorists on Olkhon island in Lake Baikal.

New geological evidence shows polar 'submarine elevations' as 'natural components' of Siberian continental land mass.

Modest villager Yakov Novichenko who changed history is honoured by Pyongyang on the 100th anniversary of his birth.