 |
| North Korean military parade (File Photo) |
PYONGYANG, May 10 (Xinhua) -- A mass rally and parade took place in central Pyongyang Tuesday to celebrate the end of the four-day Workers' Party Congress, which ended Monday in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Kim Yong Nam, president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, delivered a speech before the parade, in which he reiterated that the DPRK has become a nuclear state and congratulated top leader Kim Jong Un for being elected as chairman of the ruling Workers' Party of Korea (WPK).
The parade mobilized hundreds of thousands of Pyongyang citizens and took months of practice. They walked past the podium, chanting in tears "Long live Comrade Kim Jong Un" and "Long live the WPK." Kim Jong Un waved to them from time to time.
Kim Jong Un was elected chairman of the WPK during the 7th party congress. He had been the first secretary of the party since April 2012.
Read the full story at Xinhua