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Inter-Korean ties take center stage at Pyongyang mass games

“Glorious Country” event first of its kind in five years

Inter-Korean relations were a primary focus at Sunday night’s mass games at Pyongyang’s May Day Stadium, in an event that featured tens of thousands of performers and was attended by DPRK leader Kim Jong Un.

The “grand mass gymnastics and artistic performance” – as it has been dubbed by state media – formed part of celebrations held in the North Korean capital to mark the 70th anniversary of the country’s founding.

As the games drew to a close, footage of April’s landmark summit between Kim Jong Un and South Korean President Moon Jae-in was broadcast on a huge screen in