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Inside Kim Jong Un's personal train — which is bulletproof, has all-white conference rooms, and its own red carpet ramp

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  • North Korean leader Kim Jong Un often takes his family's personal armored train to other countries.
  • He is currently using it to travel to Hanoi, Vietnam, for his second summit with US President Donald Trump.
  • Not much is known about this train, but previous accounts and footage show it to be filled with French wine, Apple computers, and plush leather seats.

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un is currently en route to Hanoi, Vietnam, for his second meeting with US President Donald Trump.

Instead of taking a plane, he's opted to take his family's personal armored train from North Korea. The trip from Pyongyang to Hanoi, which passes through eastern and southern China, is some 2,000 miles long and will take at least three-and-a-half days.

Read more:Kim Jong Un is taking a laborious 3.5-day train ride to meet Trump in Vietnam, and it could be because he's too embarrassed to borrow a plane from China

The 21-carriage, green train with a distinctive yellow line running across it has been seen traveling across China over the past few days.

Not much is known about the Kim family train, but previous accounts and footage show it to be filled with imported French wine, Apple computers, and plush leather seats.

Photos from North Korean state media provide a rare look inside the unusual vehicle — take a look inside:

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North Korea watchers on Monday posted a video of a familiar green train with a single yellow horizontal line through it in the southeastern Chinese city of Yongzhou. It is undoubtedly the famous Kim family train.

 



The last time Kim Jong Un took his train outside the country was to Beijing, where he spent his 35th birthday with Chinese President Xi Jinping.

North Korean TV showed him walking along a red carpet to board the train, and waving to dozens of government officials and army officers who lined up to send him off.

Read more: Kim Jong Un rode his personal armored train to China to spend his 35th birthday with Xi Jinping



Kim also used this train on his first trip to China in March 2018. That trip was largely kept secret, but North Korea watchers immediately recognized the train, which both Kim and his father Kim Jong Il had used before.

 



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