SEOUL: North Korea's Kim Jong Un on Friday (Sep 8) marked the country's founding anniversary with a parade and diplomatic exchanges in which he vowed to deepen ties with China and Rus
also sent a letter to Kim, saying the two countries will expand bilateral ties to ensure security and stability in the Korean peninsula and Northeast Asia.
With leader Kim observing the parade,"the square ... was full of excitement and joy of the spectators significantly celebrating the birthday of their great powerful country", KCNA said. "All the participants paid the highest glory and warmest thanks to Kim Jong Un, peerless patriot and ever-victorious iron-willed commander."North Korean leader Kim Jong Un attends what state media report was a launching ceremony for a new tactical nuclear attack submarine in North Korea.
Friday's event marked the third time the nuclear-armed state has staged a parade this year, with the most recent - a military parade- taking place in late July to commemorate the signing of an armistice that ended hostilities in the 1950-53 Korean War. The Chinese and Russian visits come as speculation mounts that Kim - who rarely leaves his country and has not travelled since the coronavirus pandemic started - willKim is likely to head by armoured train later this month to Vladivostok to meet Putin, on Russia's Pacific coast not far from North Korea, US and other officials told The New York Times.
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