Kim Jong Un, in turn, stressed that North Korea remembers the Red Army’s role in Korea’s liberation MOSCOW, August 12. /TASS/. Russian President Vladimir Putin has congratulated North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on the 80th anniversary of the liberation from the Japanese colonial rule, the Kremlin press service said after their phone call. "The Russian president congratulated the North Korean leader on the upcoming national holiday, the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from the Japanese