BILD: Putin, Kim Driving Smuggled Old Mercedes In Pyongyang

Such cars were produced in Germany between 2005 and 2013.

Mercedes S-Klasse W221 in the extended version, in which Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un drove through the square of Pyongyang, has been illegally imported into North Korea, writes BILD.

Such cars were produced in Germany between 2005 and 2013. BILD notes that the Mercedes was illegally imported into North Korea because international sanctions prohibit the supply of any luxury goods to North Korea.

The Mercedes had its sliding roof opened, Putin and Kim stood up and leaned out into the hatch, which is about 1.5 metres wide.

"The two dictators were squeezed tightly together, they were standing really close to each other. But even showing strong friendship, Kim and Putin could not exchange a single word as they speak different languages. The situation became even more ridiculous when a third man, a translator, came out of a small hatch and helped the dictators exchange a few remarks," BILD wrote.