In Pictures: How North Korea celebrates the 70th anniversary of its ruling party

Saturday 10 October 2015 12:45 BST

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North Korea has marked the 70th anniversary of the ruling Workers' Party with a military parade in the capital, Pyongyang.

The parade on Saturday in Kim Il Sung Square featured goose-stepping marching soldiers, tanks, drones and rocket launchers as leader Kim Jong-un looked on. He was joined by Liu Yunshan, the Chinese Communist Party's fifth-ranked leader.

In a speech he gave to crowds, Mr Kim said North Korea is ready to "fight any kind of war" with the US.

Additional reporting by AP.

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