SEOUL, July 28 (Korea Bizwire) — From its latest intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) to tactical weapons and a surveillance drone, North Korea’s vaunted military parade this week highlighted its defiant work under way to break through the closer-knit South Korea-U.S. alliance, analysts said Friday. The North conducted the parade at Kim Il Sung Square in [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has staged a massive military parade in Pyongyang to mark the 75th founding anniversary of its armed forces, its state media confirmed Thursday, describing intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs) on display as representing the country’s “maximum nuclear attack capabilities.” Its leader Kim Jong-un attended the nighttime event, held [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Beyond the typical display of the newest strategic weapons and hard-bitten warriors at this week’s military parade, North Korean leader Kim Jong-un made a more menacing move: the threat to use nuclear arms in case of encroachment on his country’s “fundamental rights.” During Monday’s parade marking the 90th founding [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea’s new intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that was showcased during a military parade marking the ruling Workers’ Party’s 75th founding anniversary appeared to be an integration of the communist country’s latest missile technologies, experts said Sunday. In a parade held in Pyongyang on Saturday, North Korea unveiled the [...]
BEIJING, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — The upcoming attendance of President Park Geun-hye at China’s World War II Victory Day military parade is a sovereign decision of South Korea, Chinese state-run media and a Chinese expert said on Thursday. Park’s decision to attend the Sept. 3 parade marking the 70th anniversary of the end of [...]