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North Korea: Parade in Pyongyang marks ruling party’s 70th birthday
NORTH KOREA marked the 70th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party on Saturday with a mass military parade in the capital Pyongyang.
Thousands of troops — some in replica Korean war-era uniforms — along with hundreds of tanks, missiles and rocket launchers, marched through Kim Il Sung Square as jet fighters flew overhead.
Despot Kim Jong Un, who inherited power from his father and grandfather, vowed to resist US imperialism.
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