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North Korea Shows Off Military
- Published_at:2013-07-27
- Category:News & Politics
- Channel:NTDTV
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- description: North Korea celebrated the 60th anniversary of the Korean War truce on Saturday (July 27) with a massive military parade trumpeting the revolutionary genius of three generations of leaders that gave it "Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War." Leader Kim Jong-un was joined by Chinese Vice President Li Yuanchao on the podium overlooking Pyongyang's main Kim Il Sung square to inspect a massive throng of soldiers in goosestep and a display of weapons including its mid-range missiles. Kim clad in black exchanged words with Li through an interpreter but did not make remarks at the parade, which appeared to be one of the largest ever put on by the North. In a speech, Choe Ryong-hae, Kim's main military aide and the chief political operative of the North's 1.2-million-strong army, said the reclusive state sees peace as a top national priority and its military was aimed at safeguarding from outside invasion. Kim and Li, with the North's top military officials and the youthful leader's uncle Jang Song-thaek, seen as the second most powerful man, watched as the country's missile arsenal paraded past, including the newly developed mid-range Musudan. Chinese and North Korean ties appeared frayed after Pyongyang conducted missile and nuclear tests in the past year that led to tougher U.N. sanctions also backed by Beijing. Fighter jets and large military helicopters flew over the square packed with tens of thousands of soldiers, North Korean and foreign veterans of the Korean War and diplomats at the parade under cloudless skies and in sweltering summer heat. Tens of thousands took part in a civilian parade which Kim watched over, before he and Li toured the balcony waving to wildly clapping attendees.
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