NORTH KOREAN MILITARY PARADE SHOWCASES LATEST MISSILES AHEAD OF OLYMPICS
IN SOUTH KOREA
In rare public speech, Kim Jong Un alleges Pyongyang becoming ‘world-class military power’
BY MIKAEL THALEN
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North Korea showcased its latest missiles in a large military parade Thursday
on the eve of the Winter Olympics in South Korea.
Held at Kim Il Sung Square in the capital city of Pyongyang, the parade included hundreds of soldiers and an assortment of military hardware.
The event, attended by North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju, who arrived together by limousine, marks the day Kim Il Sung established the Korean People’s Army.
During a rare speech, Kim lambasted the United States and boasted of North Korea’s development into “a world-class military power.”
“As long as imperialism is present on the Earth and US’s hostile policy against North Korea continues, the mission of the Korea People’s Army to be the strong sword that protects the country and people, and peace can never change,” Kim said.
“The final victory lies to our party and people who is holding the gunstocks of revolution,” Kim said.
Following Kim’s address, numerous missiles were brought out including the Hwasong-15 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM), believed to be capable of reaching any target on the U.S. mainland.
Several Hwasong-14 ICBMs, Hwasong-12 intermediate-range ballistic missiles (IRBMs) and Pukgukgsong-2 solid-fuelled IRBMs were also observed.
No new weapons were revealed during the event and some experts believe the parade, noticeably smaller than last year’s, was designed to not provoke ahead of the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchan, South Korea.
“They wanted to keep a low profile (so as) not to aggravate the current situation,” a witness to the parade told NK News. “Some Chinese tourists said the DPRK doesn’t want to cause trouble before the Olympics.”
While U.S. Vice President Mike Pence, who will lead the U.S. delegation to the Olympics’ opening ceremony Friday, hinted during a press conference in Japan Wednesday that the U.S. was not opposed to meeting with North Korean officials during the games, Pyongyang stated Thursday that it was uninterested.
“We have no intention to meet with the U.S. side during the stay in South Korea,” a top Foreign Ministry official was quoted as saying. “We are not going to use such a sports festival as the Winter Olympics as a political lever. There is no need to do so.”
Pence also announced during the Tokyo press conference that the U.S. was preparing to unveil the “most aggressive” sanctions ever against North Korea.
On Wednesday North Korea accused U.S. President Donald Trump of being “dolt-like” for planning a potential “bloody nose” strike against Pyongyang.
The commentary appeared to be in response to Trump’s State of the Union address in which he chastised “the cruel dictatorship in North Korea.”
“North Korea’s reckless pursuit of nuclear missiles could very soon threaten our homeland. We need only look at the depraved character of the North Korean regime to understand the nature of the nuclear threat it could pose to America and to our allies,” Trump said.
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North Korea Holds Military Parade Ahead Of Olympics Opening Ceremony | NBC Nightly News
Published on Feb 8, 2018
Kim
Jong Un is utilizing a strategy of both diplomacy and force, as the
annual military parade was moved up to coincide with the Olympics and
his sister Kim Yo Jong is in PyeongChang for the games.
N. Korea showcases missiles, jets at military parade marking Army's 70th anniversary
North Korea held a massive military parade highlighted by
intercontinental ballistic missiles in its capital on Thursday, just one
day before South Korea hosts the opening ceremony of the Pyeongchang
Winter Olympics. Kim Jong-un was shown walking on a red carpet with his
wife at the beginning of the event.
North Korea has staged a huge parade to mark the 60th anniversary of the
armistice that ended the Korean War. Soldiers and military hardware
paraded through Pyongyang in a carefully choreographed display. The
1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce, although the North and South remain
technically at war.
