Seoul | North Korea’s state media touted the ‘invincible power’ of the country’s armed forces on Sunday, on the eve of a major military anniversary in which some analysts are predicting a show of force from Kim Jong Un’s regime. .
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North Korea celebrates Monday the 90and anniversary of its People’s Revolutionary Army, having carried out a record series of weapons tests since the beginning of the year, including its first launch of an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in five years.
The United States and South Korea also say they have observed a recent increase in activity at North Korea’s main nuclear test site, and do not exclude the possibility that Pyongyang will soon test an atomic bomb for the first time. since 2017.
“Our revolutionary armed forces have acquired invincible power that the world cannot ignore,” the official KCNA news agency trumpeted on Sunday, praising “brilliant military ideology, excellent military leadership and unprecedented courage and grit”. by Kim Jong Un.
“All the people of the country contemplate in depth the history of the hundred victories of our revolutionary armed forces”, affirmed the agency, listing the list of North Korean feats of arms since the Korean War (1950-1953) .
If many expected Pyongyang to put on a show of force – giant military parade or major weapon test – on April 15 for the 110and birthday of the country’s founder Kim Il Sung, grandfather of Kim Jong Un, the regime finally celebrated this event with a simple civil parade.
But satellite images have shown major preparations in recent days, including thousands of soldiers and vehicles advancing in formation at a training site in Pyongyang.
“Typically, the troops leave the training center as soon as the parade is ready, and their presence reinforces the possibility of an event to come,” explained Martyn Williams, analyst at the Stimson Center, on the site 38 North specialized in the North Korea.