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North Korean leader Kim Jong Un displayed a new long-range intercontinental ballistic missile at a military parade in Pyongyang on Friday attended by foreign leaders.
The state-owned Korean Central News Agency described the as-yet-untested Hwasong-20 as “the most powerful nuclear strategic weapon system.”
The government also displayed short-range ballistic, cruise and supersonic missiles at the military parade marking 80 years since the founding of the Workers’ Party.
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Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary To Lam, left, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Chinese Premier Li Qiang, and Russian Security Council vice-chairman and United Russia party head Dmitry Medvedev attend a reception marking the 80th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Friday. (Ekaterina Shtukina, Sputnik, Pool Photo via AP)
Kim said at the parade that the military should “continue to develop into an invincible force that eliminates all threats.”
Foreign dignitaries at the parade included Chinese Premier Li Qiang, former Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and Vietnam’s Communist Party chief To Lam.
Kim also met with Medvedev on Friday, who praised the sacrifice of North Korean soldiers fighting with Russia in Ukraine.
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A photo shows what the North Korean government says is a new intercontinental ballistic missile called the Hwasong-20 during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Friday. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
Kim said he looked forward to strengthening ties with Russia and working together toward shared goals.
Last summer, Kim’s sister Kim Yo Jong warned the US not to attempt to restart talks centered around denuclearization, adding that Pyongyang would view any efforts to pressure North Korea to denuclearize as “nothing but a joke.”
In this photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, fourth right, and Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary To Lam, fourth left, hold a meeting in Pyongyang, North Korea. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP)
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“If the US fails to accept the changed reality and clings to the failed past, the DPRK-US meeting will remain the ‘hope’ of the US side,” Kim Yo Jong said, referring to the country by its official name, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.
The Associated Press and Reuters contributed to this report.
