"The parade shows that the government felt a need to build unity domestically — the population is clearly suffering amid the pandemic and social complaints are likely building up," said Hong. He said it was highly unusual for North Korea to showcase its civil defense units in a parade. "N...
Women dressed in traditional Korean attire walk past a celebrative poster on the 90th founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army in Pyongyang, North Korea, April 25, 2022. (AP Photo) SEOUL--North Korea began a much-anticipated military parade in its capital on Monday to ...
Female North Korean soldiers march during a mass military parade on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang to mark the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice today. The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) held a military parade marking the 60th anniversary of the Korean War Armistice A...
This was the nation’s first military parade since President Joe Biden took office. North Korea has been very quiet on the international scene in recent months -- which is very uncharacteristic, according to Chang. A parade of 'paramilitary and public security forces' to ...
Military parade CBS/Randy Schmidt Soldiers march in a parade to mark a national holiday on what would have been the founding father of North Korea, Kim Il Sung’s 105th birthday, in Pyongyang, April 15, 2017. Military parade CBS/Randy Schmidt ...
North Korea holds anniversary military parade without show of force
North Korean authorities are preparing a large-scale military parade despite cold weather with temperatures of 10 below zero. According to a Daily NK source in North Korea on Thursday, the country’s authorities have selected about 30,000 personnel for the parade training. ...
North Korea staged a large nighttime military parade on Wednesday possibly showing off the largest number of intercontinental ballistic missiles in one occasion.
The order explained that the parade would “deeply honor” and “splendidly commemorate” Kim, the “founder of socialist Choson [North Korea] and the sun of the nation” in the hearts of the entire people. However, Daily NK was unable to determine exactly when and why North Korea’s leade...
North Korea is estimated to have a handful of crude nuclear bombs, but many analysts don't think it has yet mastered the technology needed to build warheads small enough to fit on long-range missiles. The North's parade tradition goes back to the founding of the country in 1948. Few coun...