Satellite View Of NK Military Parade

This April 15, 2012 satellite image provided by DigitalGlobe shows a parade held to mark the 100th anniversary of Kim Il Sung’s birthday in Pyongyang, North Korea. The parade can be seen from the top left corner of the image frame as it makes it way toward Kim Il Sung Square, seen in the lower right hand corner of the frame, where a large formation of people in red and gold clothing spell out in Korean the characters for the word “glory”. The parade culminated with the unveiling of a new long-range missile, though it’s not clear how powerful or significant the addition to the North Korean arsenal is. Some analysts suggested it might have been a dummy designed to dupe outside observers. At right is the Taedong River. <AP/Newsis>

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