PYONGYANG, North Korea — Goose-stepping soldiers and military hardware were paraded through Pyongyang on Saturday in a painstakingly choreographed military pageant intended to strike fear into North Korea's adversaries and rally its people behind young ruler Kim Jong Un on the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War. The lavish assembly ahead of a military parade of missiles and troops is reminiscent of the marches held by the Soviet Union and China at the height of the Cold War. It is one of the few chances the world gets to see North Korea's military up close. Pyongyang frequently uses the occasion to reveal new, though not always operational, hardware. Over...
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