Kim went to international school in Switzerland, so he would know English and German. I’m not sure if North Korea teaches Russian like Cuba did though.

Putin obviously knows English and German from his posting in Germany during his KGB days.

[–] WayeeCool@hexbear.net 2 points 1 year ago

Putin obviously knows English and German from his posting in Germany during his KGB days

Yeah. He was a lieutenant colonel assigned to the East German stasi. Can find archive copies of his stasi identification floating around online.

[–] emizeko@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm guessing they both have just enough English that along with some hand gestures it works out okay

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I've always assumed that Putin can understand spoken English far better than he can speak it.

[–] thethirdgracchi@hexbear.net 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Putin can probably speak English well enough, there's just little need for him to do so publicly. If his accent isn't perfect it'd get so much scrutiny, so better to just use translators.

[–] coolusername@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago

Presidents of state do not speak in foreign languages even if they know it