Kim Jong-un chuckles alongside senior Chinese leader as North Korea celebrates 70th birthday with parade of tanks and goose-stepping troops (but no sign of inter-continental ballistic missiles)
Democratic People's Republic of Korea was proclaimed on September 9, 1948, and is major occasion in North
Birth of nation took place three years after Moscow and Washington divided the peninsula between them
Series of events will include 'mass games', where thousands of people dance or hold up placards in unison
Celebrations began with concert featuring state's top musical ensembles at Pyongyang Indoor Stadium
Kim Jong-un was pictured smiling next to a high-ranking Chinese official as North Korea stepped up its 70th anniversary celebrations on Sunday with a gigantic military parade through the center of Pyongyang.
Cohorts of Kim Jong-un's elite troops were pictured marching in perfect rank and file through the streets of the capital, with the nuclear missiles seen in previous years conspicuously absent from the occasion.
The Democratic People's Republic of Korea was proclaimed on September 9, 1948, three years after Moscow and Washington divided the peninsula between them in the closing days of the Second World War.
North Korea recently began trade negotiations with China after the ambitious denuclearization plan agreed with US President Donald Trump at the Singapore Summit in June.
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