North Korea expected to hold big military parade, possibly featuring country's latest ballistic missiles
North Koreans march alongside a float celebrating the country’s socialist health system during a parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, September 9, 2018.
Saturday's holiday marks the 75th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea and events include art and industry exhibitions, a light show, visits to monuments and ceremonies to mark the completion of construction projects, state media reported this week. Unification Minister Lee In-young told lawmakers that displaying a new missile could be a "low-intensity demonstration of force" ahead of the US presidential election that would be less provocative than a launch or nuclear test.
"The display of new ICBMs would signal that North Korea was moving on from this strategy and may indicate that North Korea will resume long-range missile testing," said Jeffrey Lewis, a missile researcher at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies.Super-spreader event
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