The US criticised North Korea soon after the release of the parade footage, saying it was disappointed to see Pyongyang continuing its weapons development.
Speaking on the 75th anniversary of the founding of its ruling Workers' Party Saturday, Kim said the victory over the virus is a natural duty and success of his party.
This year's deadlocked nuclear negotiations with the Trump administration and deepening economic woes may shape up to be one of Kim Jong-un's biggest tests, say analysts.
The event — part of festivities to mark the 75th anniversary of the Workers’ Party of Korea — could showcase the 'new strategic weapon' Kim pledged to unveil at the start of the year.
North Korea clearly favours Trump, extolling his 'mysteriously wonderful' chemistry with Kim, while denouncing Democratic nominee Joe Biden as a 'rabid dog'.
Kim Jong Un, who has attended less than a third of public events, has fuelled rumours that he is unwell. But it also underscores how little the world knows about North Korea.
Kim is facing difficulties on various fronts, with floods having ruined farmland, controversy over his succession, and nuclear discussions with the US having come to a halt.
Pyongyang’s leaders see giving up the weapons as political suicide, and Kim has adding to his stockpile of nuclear warheads & missiles after talks with the US President sputtered.
The immediate benefit of Single Tax would be to reduce the sale prices of land to nominal ones. Landowners would no longer find it profitable to keep idle lands, wrote DM Kulkarni in 1960.
It is argued that India-Israel ties are moving from buyer–seller dynamic to one focused on joint development & manufacturing partnership, a shift 'more durable' than traditional arms sales.
If Pathaan gave both conservatives and liberals room to hide, Dhurandhar extends no such courtesy. Aditya Dhar ripped open that tent of hypocrisy and turned the knife.
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