Kim Jong-un, who took the gun himself, 'map' for the military parade... U.S. imposes additional sanctions on North Korea

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North Korea started promoting the military parade last month, which was the trigger for the spread of the corona virus.

It seems that they have started promoting force again under the judgment that the corona situation has stabilized, but additional provocations are predicted soon.

This is Ahn Jung-shik, a reporter specializing in North Korea.

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This is a documentary film newly released by North Korea's Chosun Central TV.

Kim Jong-un, the general secretary of the country, guided the military parade in advance last month.

It was found that General Secretary Kim went to the military parade training site outside Pyongyang and checked everything from holding a gun to playing a military band and marching in line.

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Night rehearsals were also held several times at the event venue, Kim Il-sung Square, in Pyongyang.

[Chosun Central TV: Dear Marshal, who greeted a new day at the training ground while instructing the preparations for the military parade.]

It is the first time North Korea has created a new promotional program for the military parade since the spread of corona virus nationwide.

As the military parade was a catalyst for the spread of the corona virus, they refrained from publicity, but it seems that they have started promoting again as the corona situation has stabilized.

North Korea emphasized the necessity of increasing its armed forces.

[Chosun Central TV: If you dare to pray for military action against our country, you can preemptively and thoroughly annihilate outside the territory...

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Following the ICBM launch on the 25th, the possibility of additional provocations is predicted soon.

South Korean and American authorities believe that North Korea has completed preparations for its seventh nuclear test.

While the additional sanctions have been canceled by the Security Council, the United States has announced its own additional sanctions, and the foreign ministers of South Korea, the United States, and Japan condemned North Korea's missile launch in a joint statement.

It is unusual for the ministers of the three countries to announce a joint statement, which has not even held a meeting, and it seems to mean that South Korea, the US, and Japan will strengthen cooperation in the future.

(Video editing: Kim Jong-mi)