North Korea’s Kim oversees parade of military strength
By AFP
15 April 2017 |
1:30 pm
North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un salutes as ranks of goose-stepping soldiers followed by tanks and another military hardware parade in Pyongyang for a show of strength with tensions mounting over his nuclear ambitions.
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