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North Korea held a parade to commemorate the 8th Labor Party Congress yesterday (14th).

Again, at night, a parade was held, and a new SLBM, a ballistic missile that could be fired from a submarine, appeared.



For more details, this is an expert North Korean reporter.



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A night fever ceremony commemorating the 8th Party Congress began yesterday evening with Kim Il-sung Plaza and General Secretary Kim Jong-un in Pyongyang.




It has been 3 months since the anniversary ceremony of the founding of the party last October.



[Byeong-cheol Lee/Vice-Chairman of the North Korean Party Central Military Committee: General Secretary Comrade, Byung-Sik Yeol is ready.] The



scale was slightly reduced from three months ago, but a new strategic weapon appeared.



It is a new SLBM submarine-launched ballistic missile.



In October last year's fever ceremony, it was written as'North Pole-4 People', but the missile that appeared yesterday is labeled'North Pole-5 People', so it seems to have been advanced one step further.



It seems that the SLBM is being refined in line with the pledge to develop a nuclear submarine.



[Shin Jong-woo/Responsible Analyst for Korea Defense Security Forum: (North Pole) Type 5 has a larger diameter and a larger warhead.

Compared to the 4, the range is increased and the warhead is also improved to accommodate a larger multi-warhead.] The



North Korean version of the missile called'Iskander' also has a longer wheel axis than the previous one, and an improved version has appeared. .



There are observations that the missile was improved to carry the tactical nucleus mentioned by General Secretary Kim Jong-un.



Although ICBM did not appear, it continued pressure on the US and South Korea through the disclosure of new strategic and tactical weapons.



[Kim Jeong-Kwan/North Korean Defense Minister: If any of the security of our country is infringed, we will preemptively mobilize aggressive forces and thoroughly punish…

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North Korea has made it clear that it will continue to strengthen its nuclear deterrence as suggested by the party, using expressions such as nuclear armament and nuclear power.



(Video editing: Park Ki-duk)