(AP)North Korean leader Kim Jong-un presided over a much-anticipated military parade on Wednesday night, showcasing the country’s largest ever display of advanced, nuclear-capable intercontinental ballistic missiles. Wearing a black coat and black fedora hat, an excited-looking Mr Kim was pictured waving and clapping alongside his daughter and wife as hundreds of thousands of troops showed off North Korea’s military might. The military parade, in what state-run media said was evidence of North Korea’s “largest nuclear attack capability” to date, was held through Pyongyang’s Kim Il-sung square on Wednesday night. Though it was a surprise that the parade took place at night-time, some form of display was widely anticipated as the country marked the 75th founding anniversary of the North Korean army. So far all the North Korean ICBM missiles tested since 2017 used liquid propellants.
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