National pride: People reacting as they see Kim during a mass rally and parade in the capital’s main ceremonial square in Pyongyang. — Reuters
PYONGYANG: North Korea held a massive parade in Pyongyang, turning the capital’s giant square into a sea of pink, to celebrate a ruling party congress seen as a formal coronation for supreme leader Kim Jong-un.
Kim presided over the event from a balcony overlooking the expansive Kim Il-sung Square, with tens of thousands of people waving bouquets of artificial flowers over their heads as the young leader arrived.
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