The Army of South Korea pointed out on Monday that is monitoring the “intensification of activities” in North Korea apparently aimed at holding a military parade in the coming days, coinciding with an important anniversary for the regime.
A South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) spokesman told a news conference that increased activities have been observed related to the “preparations” of the North before the proximity of the date of February 8, when the 75th anniversary of the North Korean Army is celebrated.
“We are watching with increased interest as the date of the event approaches,” said the spokesperson, lee sung-junwho avoided making public more details about the analysis of the South Korean Army.
Experts have pointed to the movement of North Korean vehicles, troops and other military assets in recent days ahead of the anniversary at the Sunan and Mirim airfields in the North Korean capital, based on images taken by commercial satellites.
The media specialized in North Korea NK News It has been echoing for weeks the apparent preparations of the regime for a new military parade, in which it is believed that missiles and other pieces of weapons of the secretive regime led by Kim Jong-un could be exhibited.
This same medium collects that in recent days fighters have been seen performing night maneuvers in formation and using LED lights and flares in the sky of the North Korean capital, as well as the installation of large structures in Kim Il-sung square, the usual scene of parades in the North.
Pyongyang celebrated the 70th anniversary of the creation of the Korean People’s Army in 2018 with a military parade, while the last exhibition event of its kind that has taken place in North Korea was on April 25, to commemorate 90 years. of the foundation of the national military forces.
The regime considers that the Korean People’s Army was founded on April 25, 1932, when Kim Il-sung (grandfather of the current leader and founder of the country) established a guerrilla group to fight the Japanese occupation, although for some years the date was changed. to February 8, which is the day in 1948 that it was formally established.
Threats from the North
The regime of kim jong un threatened last week to respond to US military actions in the region “with overwhelming nuclear force” following a visit to Seoul by United States Secretary of Defense, Lloyd Austin.
“The DPRK has a clear counter-strategy capable of dealing with any short-term and long-term scenario the US and its vassal forces attempt, and will tightly control present and future potential challenges with the most overwhelming nuclear force,” a spokesman for the North Korean regime told its propaganda agency KCNA.
The spokesman for North Korea accused Washington of being responsible for the escalation of tensions on the Korean peninsulaassuring that the political and military situation is in a “red line”.
(With information from EFE)
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