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World Service,11 Sep 2023,26 mins

North Korea's Kim Jong Un travels to Russia to meet Putin

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The two leaders are likely to discuss North Korea supplying weapons in support of Russia’s war in Ukraine. We will hear the latest on the economic friendship between the two countries. And Thailand's new prime minister has announced a cash handout in a bid to revive the economy. $300 will be distributed to every citizen through a digital wallet. We look at how this tactic will revive the country's economy. Also, we're about to see the opening of the biggest legal case against big tech in decades as Google will be prosecuted on charges of monopolizing the online search space. We'll find out what this means for the tech industry going forward. (Picture: Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un meet in Vladivostok in 2019. Credit: Reuters.)

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