70th anniversary of the North Korean army - Military Parade
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North Korean military band performing at the "90th birthday of late Kim Il-sung and the 70th anniversary of the founding of Korean People's Army" North Korean Military Parade Pyongyang, April 25, 2002
Well, more militia then regular army parade. Since it was a TV broadcast, commentary overlaps the footage partially.
P.S - Just to clear things up about the Korean Peoples Army being 70 years old (at the time of this parade) despite the fact the DPRK came into existence after World War II.
A propaganda quote on the 25/4/2002 from the Korean Central News Agency of the DPRK's English website:
"KPA, revolutionary armed forces
Pyongyang, April 25 (KCNA) -- Today marks the 70th anniversary of the Korean People's Army. On the occasion all the officers and men of the people's army and people look back with deep emotion upon the proud course of the revolutionary armed forces replete with victory and glory.
Seven decades ago President Kim Il Sung founded the Korean People's Revolutionary Army, the first genuine army of the people in the history of Korea, to wage a protracted and hard-fought struggle against the Japanese imperialists and accomplish the historic cause of the country's liberation.
After the liberation of Korea in August 1945 the KPRA grew to be the KPA, the regular armed forces. The servicemen displayed matchless self-sacrificing spirit and mass heroism in the three-year-long Fatherland Liberation War (June 1950-July 1953) to defeat the U.S. imperialist aggressors who had boasted of being the "strongest" in the world and creditably safeguarded the sovereignty of the country and the nation and their dignity.
The KPA that won the wars against the two formidable imperialist enemies has grown to be an invincible army under the guidance of supreme commander Kim Jong Il.
He has pursued the army-based policy to train the KPA as the main force of the revolution, lead the struggle to defend socialism to victory and remarkably increase the nation's military potential.
In the 1990s when the imperialist campaign to isolate and stifle the DPRK was at its height and a dangerous situation was prevailing in the country the KPA gave full play to the revolutionary spirit of soldiers to perform shining feats in the defence of the country and socialist construction.
The rare wisdom, outstanding politico-military ability and matchless grit of the supreme commander are the source of the tremendous combat power of the KPA."
Read it for yourself here - http://www.kcna.co.jp/item/2002/200204/news04/25.htm#10
