Ordinary North Koreans have been out in numbers around Pyongyang this week conducting mandatory practices for a civilian component of an upcoming military parade, NK Pro analysis of recent satellite imagery suggests, as the country prepares for celebratory events on and before a major holiday on April 15. 

The imagery also shows soldiers continuing large-scale training for the parade at a military base and workers putting the finishing touches on a new housing project for elites in the city center.

North Korea is expected to hold a military parade on April 15, the 110th birthday of late