Sounds of midnight military parade heard in Pyongyang, sources say

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Sounds of midnight military parade heard in Pyongyang, sources say

Jets and helicopters heard flying over capital at night in sign of military parade, with fireworks heard around midday

Chad O'Carroll April 15, 2022

Sounds of midnight military parade heard in Pyongyang, sources say

A jet flyover during a North Korean military parade in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2020 | Image: KCTV

Updated at 3:09 p.m. KST on April 15, 2022 with report of fireworks heard in Pyongyang midday on Friday.

Sounds of a night-time military parade have been heard in Pyongyang, multiple sources in the capital said shortly after midnight on Thursday.

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Chad O'Carroll is the founder of NK News/NK Pro and related holding company Korea Risk Group. In addition to being the group's CEO, O'Carroll is a frequent writer and commentator about the Koreas, having written about the two nations since 2010. He has visited the DPRK multiple times, worked and lived in Washington, D.C. with a focus on peninsula issues, and lived in the ROK since 2016.

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