North Korea has yet to hold a military parade after showing signs of preparing for one to mark the Monday anniversary of the founding of its army, Yonhap News Agency said, delaying an event where it could showcase weapons to threaten the U.S. and its allies.
Satellite imagery indicated that thousands of soldiers and major weapons systems were poised to parade through central Pyongyang on Sunday night but the event did not take place, perhaps due to poor weather, Yonhap reported an unnamed informed source as saying. North Korea’s official media made no mention of a parade on Monday morning.
That opens up the possibility for the parade to be held Monday night to culminate celebrations for the 90th anniversary of the North Korean People’s Revolutionary Army. Kim Jong Un’s regime has held recent military parades at night and then edited footage to air several hours later on state television — with experts closely examining what it displayed to inspect the latest developments in the state’s arsenal of nuclear-capable weapons.
