Kim Jong Un was expected to carefully control the military parade’s message with South Korea’s newspaper reporting that North Korea had rescinded invitations to foreign journalists. While North Korea announced the parade during Olympics negotiations last month, preparations were observed as early as November. Still, they can provide clues about what weapons Kim has under development. North Korea might also seek to demonstrate its ability to retaliate should the US seek to hobble Kim’s nuclear weapons program with a limited—or “bloody-nose”—attack. He will be joined at the opening ceremony by the father of Otto Warmbier, the American student who died last year after being jailed in North Korea.

Source: Mint February 08, 2018 03:22 UTC