Military hardware on display at North Korea parade

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un was joined by senior Russian and Chinese delegates as he displayed his most powerful nuclear-capable missiles in a military parade marking a major war anniversary. Thursday night’s event was a show of defiance against the United States and of deepening ties with Moscow as tensions on the peninsula are at their highest point in years. Kim attended the parade with Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chinese ruling party official Li Hongzhong from a balcony looking over a brightly illuminated Kim Il Sung Square, named after Kim’s grandfather, the founder of North Korea. Read more: You can license this story through AP Archive: