War-ready nation: What to expect at upcoming North Korean paramilitary parade



Analysis War-ready nation: What to expect at upcoming North Korean paramilitary parade Satellite imagery shows thousands preparing for parade and concert ahead of Sept. 9 national founding holiday Colin Zwirko September 7, 2023 SHARE COPY LINK FACEBOOK X LINKEDIN MASTODON Worker-Peasant Red Guard reserve troops at the Sept. 9, 2021 paramilitary parade \| Image: KCTV (Sept. 9, 2021) North Korea is set to mark its 75th founding anniversary this Saturday, Sept. 9, with a paramilitary parade and other celebrations aimed at showing the population is united, armed and ready for war across every city and village. NK Pro analysis shows that soldiers, likely from the army-affiliated Worker-Peasant Red Guards (WPRG) organization, have been practicing parade marching for longer than they did ahead of the Sept. 2021 paramilitary parade, possibly pointing to a larger event. Tens of thousands of civilians have also joined training at Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung Square this week, where the parade Read More © Korea Risk Group. All rights reserved. No part of this content may be reproduced, distributed, or used for commercial purposes without prior written permission from Korea Risk Group. LATEST ANALYSIS 01What to make of Kim Jong Un’s plenum call for ‘most hardline’ posture toward US 02North Korea building new warship likely to be country’s largest, photos show 03Suspected North Korean drone base and factory face construction slowdown 04Lessons from chaos: What Kim Jong Un sees in an era of global turmoil 05In 2024, Kim Jong Un swaggered on the global stage like never before 06Military dominates Kim Jong Un’s attention in his busiest year in nearly decade 07How Trump’s return could transform North Korea’s quiet ties with Thailand 08How Assad’s downfall could expose secrets of North Korea-Syria military ties

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War-ready nation: What to expect at upcoming North Korean paramilitary parade

Satellite imagery shows thousands preparing for parade and concert ahead of Sept. 9 national founding holiday

Colin Zwirko September 7, 2023

War-ready nation: What to expect at upcoming North Korean paramilitary parade

Worker-Peasant Red Guard reserve troops at the Sept. 9, 2021 paramilitary parade | Image: KCTV (Sept. 9, 2021)

North Korea is set to mark its 75th founding anniversary this Saturday, Sept. 9, with a paramilitary parade and other celebrations aimed at showing the population is united, armed and ready for war across every city and village.

NK Pro analysis shows that soldiers, likely from the army-affiliated Worker-Peasant Red Guards (WPRG) organization, have been practicing parade marching for longer than they did ahead of the Sept. 2021 paramilitary parade, possibly pointing to a larger event.

Tens of thousands of civilians have also joined training at Pyongyang’s Kim Il Sung Square this week, where the parade

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02North Korea building new warship likely to be country’s largest, photos show
03Suspected North Korean drone base and factory face construction slowdown
04Lessons from chaos: What Kim Jong Un sees in an era of global turmoil
05In 2024, Kim Jong Un swaggered on the global stage like never before
06Military dominates Kim Jong Un’s attention in his busiest year in nearly decade
07How Trump’s return could transform North Korea’s quiet ties with Thailand
08How Assad’s downfall could expose secrets of North Korea-Syria military ties

War-ready nation: What to expect at upcoming North Korean paramilitary parade

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