North Korea held a military parade on Thursday morning, pictures from state broadcaster the Korean Central Television (KCTV) showed, using the event to showcase recently tested Hwasong-14 and 15 rockets on the eve of the Winter Olympics.
But despite the timing of the parade having the potential to complicate the optics of ongoing inter-Korean rapprochement, it was notably smaller than last April’s, featuring less military hardware, fewer missile types, and running for a shorter duration.
North Korea held a military parade on Thursday morning, pictures from state broadcaster the Korean Central Television (KCTV) showed, using the event to showcase recently tested Hwasong-14 and 15 rockets on the eve of the Winter Olympics.
But despite the timing of the parade having the potential to complicate the optics of ongoing inter-Korean rapprochement, it was notably smaller than last April’s, featuring less military hardware, fewer missile types, and running for a shorter duration.
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