North Korea appears to have held a low-key military parade, a day ahead of the Winter Olympics, South Korean media said.<\/p>\n
The annual event is usually held in April, but Pyongyang hit back at US criticism of its decision to bring it forward.<\/p>\n
State TV began showing patriotic films in what appeared to be a prelude to a live broadcast.<\/p>\n
But reports later surfaced that it had already taken place.<\/p>\n
“It seems that North Korea opened the parade at 10:30 a.m. (Seoul time),” anonymous government sources told South Korea’s Yonhap news agency.<\/p>\n
On Thursday, North Korea said it has no intention of meeting US officials during the Games, according to the North’s official KCNA news agency.<\/p>\n
South Korean government officials had said last month that some 13,000 troops and 200 pieces of equipment had been spotted near an airport in Pyongyang in what appeared to be a rehearsal for the parade.<\/p>\n
Experts say North Korea was expected to showcase its long-range missiles.<\/p>\n
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Source: BBC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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