Korea: September 9, 2003

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North Korea held it's annual parade to celebrate the establishment of the communist government. What was unusual about it this year was that there was no display of military equipment, just civilians and soldiers marching past the reviewing stand for 90 minutes. Some interpret this as a gesture to peace, others feel that the North Koreans are so short of fuel that they decided to save thousands of gallons by leaving out the drive by of tanks and missile launchers.

 

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