Kim Jong Un and his daughter after watching the Feb. 8 military parade in Pyongyang | Image: Rodong Sinmun (Feb. 9, 2023)
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a military parade in Pyongyang on Wednesday featuring the country’s largest nuclear missiles, with his daughter joining him on the viewing stand, according to state media.
Rodong Sinmun photos showed more than a dozen intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), including what appeared to be new solid-fuel ICBMs, and other weaponry paraded through Kim Il Sung Square as fireworks exploded in the skies above. But state media coverage did not show Kim making any speeches at the event to mark the 75th anniversary of the Korean People’s Army (KPA).
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attended a military parade in Pyongyang on Wednesday featuring the country’s largest nuclear missiles, with his daughter joining him on the viewing stand, according to state media.
Rodong Sinmun photos showed more than a dozen intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBMs), including what appeared to be new solid-fuel ICBMs, and other weaponry paraded through Kim Il Sung Square as fireworks exploded in the skies above. But state media coverage did not show Kim making any speeches at the event to mark the 75th anniversary of the Korean People’s Army (KPA).
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Jeongmin Kim is the Lead Correspondent at NK News and Editorial Director at KOREA PRO, based in Seoul. Kim covers inter-Korean relations and North and South Korean foreign and military affairs. Kim has covered the 2022 ROK presidential election on the ground, and prior to joining NK News, she worked for the CSIS Korea Chair in Washington D.C. and Reuters news agency’s Seoul bureau. Follow her on Twitter @jeongminnkim