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North Korea’s 10th morning parade is considered a rare move, leading many experts to debate the actual message behind.
North Korea held a grand parade ceremony at Kim Nhat Thanh Square in the capital Pyongyang on the morning of October 10 to celebrate the 75th anniversary of the Korean Labor Party. Korean media stated that the event took place at 4 a.m.-6:30 a.m., while the image broadcast by Korean state television station KCTV showed that the ceremony began at 0:00 on 10/10.
Kim Jong-un (center) watches the performance on Pyongyang at 10 a.m. Image: KCTV.
“I have never seen a night parade in the history of this country. The message of the parade is to show the strength of the military equipment, as well as the training and discipline of the units. The night parade. it almost doesn’t make sense, “said Andrei Lankov, a North Korea expert at Kookmin University in Seoul.
“It’s a really strange move. The only reason I can think of is that the night parades will guarantee secrecy in the transport of strategic weapons,” says Chad O’Carroll, director of the private company. Seoul-based North Korea Risk Group, he said.
Go Myong-hyun, a North Korean researcher at the Asan Institute, said Pyongyang is trying to send a deterrent message without revealing the weapon’s key features. “They wanted to show the newest type of ICBM, but they also wanted to hide a lot of features or it could be just a model,” he said.
North Korea’s display of military might could address two issues. The first is the national population, which is strongly influenced by the economy by the measures to close the border with China to prevent the entry of Covid-19. Below is the person who will become the head of the White House after the US presidential election in November.
“Every indication is that North Korea does not want to provoke the United States and does not want to reduce the chances of re-election of President Donald Trump. It is dangerous, but they have figured out how to influence him. Biden. It is not dangerous, but the possibility of dialogue with the Democratic candidate is close to nil, “said Lankov.
However, Kim Dong-yup, a former South Korean officer and a lecturer at the Far East Research Institute at Kyungnam University, denied that the parade took place at night to protect the secret of the weapons or avoid provocation. . USA – Korean Promotion.
“They can just crop the image or show the parade entirely if they want to hide the feature of the weapon. There is no such cue in the narrative. I don’t think the move makes sense. Deep down, it seems to be just to amplify the effect on national audiences. Similar tricks have been applied in Korea and in many parts of the world, “Kim said.
Korean planes equipped with LED lights to participate in the 10/10 morning parade. Video: KCTV.
The time the KCTV station reported on the parade ceremony was early in the morning in the US “The Pukguksong-4 and ICBM submarine-launched ballistic missile systems are brand new by the end of the parade, it’s a sign. specific to the United States to show North Korea’s deterrent power. Un has fulfilled his promise to show his ‘new strategic weapon’ to the world that he launched in 2019, “said the former South Korean officer.
In his speech at the parade ceremony, Kim Jong-un stated that Pyongyang will continue to build “deterrence for self-defense” and is ready to mobilize the most powerful force if threatened, but added that force. The country’s army is not directed at any country.
Experts say North Korea remains committed to not conducting long-range and nuclear tests to leave the door open for diplomacy with the United States. However, it is not excluded that Pyongyang will carry out a major weapons test after the US presidential elections in early November to gain further advantage in the negotiations.
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