100,000 turn out for North Korea power show

Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied in Pyongyang in a display of might and loyalty underscoring their government’s guiding “military first” principle amid tensions with rival South Korea.

The government mobilised 100,000 North Koreans for the annual New Year’s rally, which honours leader Kim Jong Il and reaffirms full public support for his rule in the year ahead.