No ICBMs Were At The Military Parade Celebrating North Korea's 70th Birthday





Daily Mail: Kim Jong-un chuckles alongside senior Chinese leader as North Korea celebrates 70th birthday with parade of tanks and goose-stepping troops (but no sign of inter-continental ballistic missiles)

* Democratic People's Republic of Korea was proclaimed on September 9, 1948, and is major occasion in North
* Birth of nation took place three years after Moscow and Washington divided the peninsula between them
* Series of events will include 'mass games', where thousands of people dance or hold up placards in unison
* Celebrations began with concert featuring state's top musical ensembles at Pyongyang Indoor Stadium

Kim Jong-un was pictured smiling next to a high-ranking Chinese official as North Korea stepped up its 70th anniversary celebrations on Sunday with a gigantic military parade through the center of Pyongyang.

Cohorts of Kim Jong-un's elite troops were pictured marching in perfect rank and file through the streets of the capital, with the nuclear missiles seen in previous years conspicuously absent from the occasion.

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea was proclaimed on September 9, 1948, three years after Moscow and Washington divided the peninsula between them in the closing days of the Second World War.

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