
North Korea Military Parade on Eve of Olympics
Major military parade in Pyongyang a day before the Winter Olympics in the South begin
North Korea has held a military parade attended by leader Kim Jong-un, a day before the opening of the Winter Olympics in the South.
The event is usually held in April and moving it has been seen as a setback to the warming of ties on the peninsular over the Olympics.
Also in the programme; Islamic State group uses images of female fighters for the first time in its propaganda; and the chairman of the African Union dismisses - as lies - allegations that China spied on the organisation and bugged its headquarters in Addis Ababa.
Picture: Screen grab taken from North Korea's KCTV on February 8 showing members of North Korea's military taking part in a parade in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang Credit: AFP PHOTO / KCTV
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