Russian, Chinese Officials Join Kim Jong Un at North Korea Military Parade

In this photo provided by the North Korean regime, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (C) talks with Chinese Communist Party Politburo member Li Hongzhong (R) as they and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu (L) attend a military parade to mark the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted fighting in the 1950–53 Korean War, on Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, North Korea, on July 27, 2023. Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP

Chinese and Russian officials stood shoulder to shoulder with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un on Thursday as they reviewed his newest nuclear-capable missiles and attack drones at a military parade in the capital of Pyongyang.

The widely anticipated parade commemorated the 70th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, celebrated in North Korea as “Victory Day.”