Korea: Mass Games and Parade

korea: North Korea has staged a huge military parade to mark its 70th anniversary as a nation but held back its most advanced missiles and devoted nearly half of the parade to civilian efforts to build the domestic economy, according to The Toronto Star. It also brought the mass games back after a five-year hiatus. The North rolled out some of its latest tanks and marched its best-trained goose-stepping units in the parade but held back its most advanced missiles and devoted nearly half of the event to civilian efforts to build the domestic economy. The games are a grand spectacle that features nearly 20,000 people flipping placards in unison to create huge mosaics as thousands more perform gymnastics or dance in formation on the competition area of Pyongyang's 150,000-seat May Day Stadium. Tens of thousands of North Koreans waving brightly coloured plastic bouquets filled Pyongyang's Kim Il Sung Square as the parade began. The strong emphasis on the economy underscores the strategy Kim has pursued since January of putting economic development front and centre. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.