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PHOTOS: North Korea Celebrates 70 Years With Military Parade And Mass Games

North Korea did not mark its 70th anniversary by putting its intercontinental ballistic missiles on display. Instead, the country brought back its mass games, a highly choreographed performance.
North Korean Leader Kim Jong Un waves to a cheering crowd at the debut of a new mass games event to mark the 70th anniversary for the founding of the nation in the city of Pyongyang.

North Korea celebrated its 70th anniversary as country Sunday with a large military parade that notably did not include any intercontinental ballistic missiles.

Crowds gathered in

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