China and Russia attend North Korea’s 75th founding anniversary parade

A paramilitary parade marking North Korea’s 75th founding anniversary at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP/PA)

North Korea invited visiting Chinese delegates and Russian artists to a paramilitary parade to celebrate the 75th founding anniversary of the state on Saturday.

It was part of leader Kim Jong Un’s latest effort to display his ties with Moscow and Beijing in the face of deepening confrontations with Washington, analysts said.