The North Korean leader, Kim Jong-un, has presided over a large military parade on the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War (1950-53), which representatives of the Russian and Chinese governments witnessed with him in the rostrum .

Kim, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu and Chinese Politburo member Li Hongzhong reviewed the troops before the parade began Thursday night in Pyongyang's central Kim Il-sung Square, according to the North Korean news agency KCNA and the state-run Rodong newspaper.

Shoigú and Li each sat down next to the North Korean marshal in the authorities' gallery located in front of the Great Hall of People's Studies to see the parade.

During the parade, the regime has shown its longest-range intercontinental ballistic missiles (ICBM), the Hwasong-17 and the even more sophisticated Hwasong-18, which uses solid fuel and was tested for the second time on July 12 from the vicinity of Pyongyang. .

There has also been a public demonstration for the first time with new large drones that the North Korean military first secretly tested in June in the northwest of the country.

Pyongyang marks the anniversary of the signing of the ceasefire that ended the Korean War on July 27, 1953 as “Victory Day,” as the regime's narrative claims the United States and its allies were forced to plead for an armistice.

The North Korean authorities have taken advantage of the anniversary to stage their proximity to Moscow and Beijing, whose visit indicates that the strict border policy activated by Pyongyang to prevent the entry of covid-19 at the beginning of 2020 could be modified soon.