SEOUL, October 10 (AJP) - North Korea is expected to hold a military parade on Friday night to mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of the renegade country's Workers' Party.
The Joint Chiefs of Staff said North Korea is currently conducting rehearsals indicating the parade is likely to be a nighttime event. North Korea is expected to showcase its latest weapons and military arsenal including intercontinental ballistic missiles, although it remains to be seen as they are still covered with tarps.
Since October 2020, North Korea has held all seven of its military parades at night. The JCS said rain is forecast for later in the day, which could disrupt aerial displays but not the parade itself.
Earlier in the day, the state-run [North] Korean Central News Agency reported that its leader Kim Jong-un vowed to turn his country into the "best socialist paradise in the world" during an event at a multi-purpose stadium in Pyongyang the previous day.
"I will surely turn this country into a more affluent and beautiful land and into the best socialist paradise in the world," KCNA quoted Kim as saying.
Li Qiang, China's premier and second-ranking leader, Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chair of Russia's Security Council and a close aide to Russian President Vladimir Putin, and Vietnamese leader Tô Lâm attended the event, which was followed by fireworks and a mass calisthenics performance.
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