North Korea staged a massive military parade to celebrate its 70th anniversary — but held off displaying its most advanced missiles

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• North Korea put on a massive military parade to celebrate 70 years since its founding.
• Soldiers marched through Pyongyang, the capital, and displayed some of its latest tanks — but held off displaying its most advanced missiles.
• Instead, this year's event emphasized civilian efforts to build the domestic economy, showing Kim Jong Un's new focus on economic development.
• Kim also held hands with the third-ranking member in China's Communist Party at the event to symbolize the two countries' close ties.

PYONGYANG, North Korea (AP) — North Korea rolled out some of its latest tanks and marched its best-trained goose-stepping units through Kim Il Sung Square in a major military parade on Sunday to mark its 70th anniversary, but held back its most advanced missiles and devoted nearly half of the event to civilian efforts to build the domestic economy.

The strong emphasis on the economy underscores leader Kim Jong Un's new strategy of putting economic development front and center.

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