North Korea parades biggest missiles in front of Kim Jong-un at Pyongyang parade

Kim Jong-un vowed to accelerate North Korea’s development of nuclear weapons and threatened to use them if provoked, in a speech delivered at a military parade in Pyongyang.

Monday night’s event marked the 90th anniversary of North Korea’s army - the backbone of the Kim family’s authoritarian rule - and featured powerful missiles capable of targeting the nation’s rivals, state media reported.

Kim, dressed in a white military ceremonial coat, appeared smiling and waving from a balcony alongside his wife, Ri Sol Ju.

Fireworks lit up the sky as thousands of goose-stepping troops paraded for the leader.

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