North Korea celebrates birthday with parade

pyongyang - In the North Korean capital Pyongyang Saturday a military parade to celebrate the seventy existence of the governing Workers' Party of Korea. Leader Kim Jong- un of the Stalinist country is present at the Kim Il-sung Square.

Do tens of thousands of soldiers participating in the parade. There are also seen hundreds of military vehicles. In North Korea, formally the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, are controlled military parades held to historical events to vieren. There are no international leaders came to the celebration Saturday, although there are other foreign guests and journalists.

China has a high official of the Communist Party sent to the North Korean capital. President Xi Jinping on Friday the North Korean regime and the population congratulated the septuagenarian existence of the party.