Presidential office says closely monitoring developments regarding N. Korea's military parade

▲ North Korea shows off a newly developed Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile during a military parade at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Oct. 10, 2025, to mark the 80th anniversary of the founding of its ruling Workers' Party of Korea, in this photo captured from the North's Korean Central TV the next day. (For Use Only in the Republic of Korea. No Redistribution) (Yonhap)

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Presidential office says closely monitoring developments regarding N. Korea's military parade

SEOUL, Oct. 11 (Yonhap) -- The presidential office said Saturday it is closely monitoring developments related to North Korea's military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of its ruling party.

"It is fundamentally an internal event of North Korea," an official from the presidential office said. "We are keeping a close watch on related movements."

North Korea held the massive parade at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang the previous day to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea, which was attended by leader Kim Jong-un; Chinese Premier Li Qiang; Dmitry Medvedev, deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council; and Vietnam's leader To Lam, among others.

During the event, Pyongyang showcased its new Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile for the first time, along with hypersonic missiles and other weapons systems, in a show of its advanced missile capabilities.

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