Top DPRK leader to visit Russia: KCNA

SEOUL - Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), will soon visit Russia at the invitation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, the official Korean Central News Agency reported Monday.

Kim, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, will meet and have a talk with Putin during the visit, the report added.

In a statement on Monday, the Kremlin also said that Putin has invited Kim to visit Russia in the coming days.