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North Korea: Pyongyang Showcases Its Nuclear Resolve

Feb 8, 2018 | 20:41 GMT

(Stratfor)

The upcoming Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang are set to display warming relations between North and South Korea, but the North still saw fit to showcase its military might with a parade in Kim Il Sung Square on Feb. 8. The event was announced in late January and marked Army Foundation Day, a celebration of the country's army that has not been held on Feb. 8 since 1977. The new date for the parade was just one day before the Olympic Games opening ceremony Feb. 9 and on the same day as a scheduled performance by North Korean musicians in South Korea. The parade is a preview, in stark contrast, of the next phase of the crisis after the Paralympic Games in March -- which will likely include U.S.-South Korea military drills and more North Korean tests....

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