TIL Desk/World/Pyongyang/ North Korea held a massive rally in Pyongyang in the latest move to show its unity amid nuclear tensions with the US, the media reported. On Sunday, hundreds of thousands of North Koreans marched at Kim Il-sung Square, with some of them holding pickets calling for unity, among other things.
The participants, including Premier Kim Jae-ryong, pledged to thoroughly carry out tasks set forth in last week”s crucial party meeting. North Korea frequently organizes massive rallies to demonstrate its unity to the outside world in times of crisis. Sunday”s rally comes amid rising tensions between North Korea and the US over Pyongyang”s nuclear and missile programs.
Last
week, leader Kim Jong-un said the world will witness North Korea”s new
strategic weapon, noting there is no reason to keep its self-imposed moratorium
on nuclear and long-range missile tests. Denuclearization talks have been
stalled since the second summit between Kim and US President Donald Trump ended
without an agreement due to wide differences over how to match Pyongyang”s
denuclearization measures and Washington”s sanctions relief.
