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North Korea held a late-night military parade to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the establishment of the regime today (9th).
It was the third late-night military parade, and it was a reduced form consisting mainly of the reserve army, the Workers and Peasant Red Guard, rather than the regular army.
Reporter Ahn Jung-sik reports.
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North Korea held a late-night military parade at Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang to commemorate the 73rd anniversary of the establishment of the regime from 0 am today.
The military parade was attended by North Korean high-ranking officials, including General Secretary Kim Jong-un and a member of the Politburo Standing Committee.
North Korean media referred to the military parade as a military parade for civilians and security forces.
This means that not the regular army, but the Labor and Peasant Red Guard, which is a reserve army, and the social security force, which is a police force, participated.
Accordingly, although North Korea's Chosun Central TV has not yet broadcast the military parade, it seems unlikely that a new strategic weapon has appeared.
The speech at the military parade was also delivered by party secretary Ri Il-hwan, not general secretary Kim Jong-un.
Party secretary Cho Yong-won inspected the military units, and it is known that mechanized columns using motorcycles and tractors also appeared.
North Korea's late-night military parade is the third time after the founding anniversary of the party in October last year and the 8th party congress in January of this year.
North Korea is expected to broadcast the late-night military parade around this afternoon.
As North Korea held a military parade by mobilizing only civilian forces, today's military parade seems to focus on internal solidarity rather than external messages.