Victory and Adversity
Grand Military Parade Held to Celebrate 70th Anniversary of Great War Victory in Pyongyang, The military parade was held Thursday evening on Kim Il Sung Square in central Pyongyang.
Grand Military Parade Held to Celebrate 70th Anniversary of Great War Victory
Pyongyang, July 28 (KCNA) -- The 70th anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War is being celebrated across the DPRK as an auspicious holiday of the country and its people in the glorious course of glorifying heroic Korea's history and traditions of great succession and dashing toward a greater victory under the uplifted banner of independence in politics, self-sufficiency in economy and self-reliance in national defence, guided by the ever-victorious Workers' Party of Korea.
All the people are filled with the great pride and confidence of greeting the 70th war victory anniversary with the unshakable faith and will to give eternal continuity to the undying history of the war victory which saved the new-born republic from the danger of collapse and preserved human peace by averting a new world war with the inexhaustible strength resulting from the single-minded unity around the great leader and the great Party, and with indomitable fighting spirit.
A grand military parade took place in Pyongyang, the capital city of the DPRK, on the evening of July 27, the eternal war victory holiday of the glorious DPRK, in celebration of the 70th anniversary of the victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War.
Fatherland Liberation War victory
SEOUL, July 28 (Xinhua) -- The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) staged a large military parade in Pyongyang, one of several events in commemoration of the 70th anniversary of the victory of the country's Fatherland Liberation War, the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported.
The military parade was held Thursday evening on Kim Il Sung Square in central Pyongyang. Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK attended the event, a KCNA report said Friday.
Soldiers representing different military units of the Korean People's Army (KPA) participated in the parade. The parade also featured new attack drones, new-type intercontinental ballistic missiles and a stunt flight show, the KCNA reported.
A solemn commemoration gathering and a large artistic performance attended by the DPRK top leader and senior officials was held on the same day
Russian, Chinese officials join Kim Jong Un to celebrate
Chinese and Russian officials stood shoulder to shoulder with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un as they reviewed his newest nuclear-capable missiles and attack drones at a military parade in the capital, North Korean state media showed on Friday.
The widely anticipated parade in Pyongyang the previous day commemorated the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, celebrated in North Korea as "Victory Day".
Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu's visit was the first by Moscow's top defence official since the 1991 break-up of the Soviet Union. The Chinese delegation was the first since the COVID-19 pandemic.
Their appearance comes at a time when the US-led NATO is blocking negotiations for a ceasefire in Ukraine, but Russia has the upperhand militarily and the US and EU economies are falling into recession.
Kim Jong Un, Gen. Shoigu and CPC Politburo member Li Hongzhong talked, laughed and saluted as North Korean troops marched and weapons rolled past, photographs and footage aired by North Korean state media was broadcast worldwide and is available on youtube here.
The parade included North Korea's latest Hwasong-17 and Hwasong-18 intercontinental ballistic missiles, according to the KCNA state news agency. The event also featured a flyover by new attack and spy drones.
The new surveillance drones could be used to survey targets, assess damage and generally enhance situational awareness, said Ankit Panda of the U.S.-based Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
Kim hosted a reception and lunch with Shoigu and vowed solidarity with Russia's people and military. Shoigu praised the North Korean military as the strongest in the world, and the two discussed strategic security and defence cooperation.
At another meeting, Shoigu read a congratulatory message from Russian President Vladimir Putin who thanked North Korea for its support during the "special military operation" in Ukraine, media reported.North Korean Defence Minister General Kang Sun Nam, in a speech at the parade, accused the United States and its allies of increasing tension in the region.
South Korea and the United States have conducted numerous military exercises, which have provoked North Korean responses. The latest a five-day drill was conducted with advanced fighter jets, including F-35A stealth aircraft, South Korea said.
In recent years Russia and China have opposed U.S.-led efforts to impose more sanctions on North Korea arguing existing measures should be eased for humanitarian purposes and to help entice it to negotiate.
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