A policewoman controls traffic while standing in front of flags of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) in central Pyongyang, North Korea May 5, 2016. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj
PYONGYANG (Reuters) - Thousands of North Koreans practised dance and parade routines on Thursday as the capital of the isolated nation prepared for a ruling party congress where leader Kim Jong Un is expected to consolidate power.
Pyongyang, a city of nearly 3 million, was scrubbed clean ahead of the opening of the meeting on Friday. Teams of elderly workers used shears to carefully cut the grass alongside main thoroughfares, and painted the base of trees a crisp, bright white.
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