Compared to the country's ageing fleet of planes, bulletproof trains offer a safer and more comfortable space for a large entourage, security guards, food and amenities, and a place to discuss agendas ahead of meetings, experts say.
The country's archaic rail network means the luxurious train only travels up to 40 kilometres per hour . The video also showed the carriage housing Kim's office, with a desk and chair, and a map of China and the Korean peninsula on the wall behind it. In that train, cases of Bordeaux and Beaujolais wine were flown in from Paris, as were live lobsters, according to the book.