Pyongyang: North Korea held a military parade Sunday to mark its 70th birthday, but refrained from showing off the intercontinental ballistic missiles that have seen it hit with multiple international sanctions.
VIDEO: Thousands of North Korean troops parade through Pyongyang as the nuclear-armed country celebrates its 70th birthday but huge display avoids showing off ICBMs pic.twitter.com/zr2DCdkwRD
— AFP news agency (@AFP) September 9, 2018
Troops, artillery and tanks made their way past leader Kim Jong-un in the centre of Pyongyang, but the largest missiles shown were short-range battlefield devices, an AFP reporter on scene witnessed.