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North Korean Military Parade to Coincide with Winter Olympics

04/02/2018 GMT

BBC World Service - Weekend, North Korean Military Parade to Coincide with Winter Olympics

North Korea changes date of its military pageants to clash with Winter Olympics

Later today, the North and South Korean ice hockey teams meet to play a friendly match ahead of the Winter Olympics, which are being held in South Korea. However, Pyongyang’s decision to schedule its traditional military parade to clash with the Olympic opening ceremony is being seen as a possible provocative act.  

Also in the programme: Why coal is still king in Poland; and why Washington DC’s city council are naming a street after the late Boris Nemstov, a critic of President Putin. 

(Image: North Korean People's Army soldiers marching through Kim Il-Sung square during a military parade in Pyongyang, North Korea, in a photo released by the North Korean government on 16th April 2017. Credit: STR/AFP/Getty Images)

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