Kim Jong-un readies military parade to showcase nuclear push

North Korea appears to be staging its first military parade in almost a year, providing leader Kim Jong-un a platform to show off his latest weapons after threatening to exponentially expand his nuclear arms programmes. - AFP

PYONGYANG (Bloomberg): North Korea appears to be staging its first military parade in almost a year, providing leader Kim Jong-un a platform to show off his latest weapons after threatening to exponentially expand his nuclear arms programmes.

Illuminated jets flew low over Pyongyang and music could be heard in Kim Il-sung Square in the center of the city in the early hours of Wednesday, suggesting a parade was being held, specialist service NK News reported. But there still uncertainty whether the event took place in the reclusive and secretive country, with the Yonhap News Agency reporting that the South Korean government expects the parade to be held later Wednesday.