North Korea celebrates 7th Workers Party Congress
North Korea kicked off a massive parade in the center of Pyongyang on May 10 to celebrate a just-concluded ruling party congress that was seen as a formal coronation for supreme leader Kim Jong-Un.
- Performers take part in a mass dance on Kim Il-Sung square following a parade to mark the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- Spectators applaud during a parade on Kim Il-Sung square during festivities marking the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- Dancers perform on Kim Il-Sung square during festivities marking the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- Performers take part in a torchlight parade on Kim Il-Sung square during festivities marking the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- Performers take part in a mass dance on Kim Il-Sung square following a parade to mark the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- Performers take part in a mass dance on Kim Il-Sung square following a parade to mark the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- Spectators watch a torchlight parade on Kim Il-Sung square during festivities marking the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- Performers take part in a torchlight parade on Kim Il-Sung square during festivities marking the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- Spectators applaud during a torchlight parade on Kim Il-Sung square during festivities marking the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- Performers take part in a torchlight parade on Kim Il-Sung square during festivities marking the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- Performers take part in a torchlight parade on Kim Il-Sung square during festivities marking the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- North Korea’s all-female Moranbong Band perform in Pyongyang on May 11, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- North Korea’s all-female Moranbong Band perform in Pyongyang on May 11, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- North Korea’s all-female Moranbong Band perform in Pyongyang on May 11, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- This picture taken on May 10, 2016 and released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 11, 2016 shows general view of a festivities marking the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang. (KCNA / KNSKNS/AFP/Getty Images)
- This picture taken on May 10, 2016 and released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 11, 2016 shows general view of a mass parade marking the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Kim Il-Sung Square in Pyongyang. (AFP/Getty Images)
- A picture taken on May 10, 2016 shows a general view of festivities marking the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- Participants wait to take part in a mass parade marking the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- Performers take part in a mass dance on Kim Il-Sung square following a parade to mark the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- Performers take part in a mass dance on Kim Il-Sung square following a parade to mark the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- Performers take part in a torchlight parade on Kim Il-Sung square during festivities marking the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- Performers take part in a torchlight parade on Kim Il-Sung square during festivities marking the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- This picture taken on May 10, 2016 and released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 11, 2016 shows a general view of a torchlight parade marking the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang. (KCNA / KNSKNS/AFP/Getty Images)
- This picture taken on May 10, 2016 and released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 11, 2016 shows North Korean leader Kim Jong-Un waving from a balcony of the Grand People’s Study House following a mass parade marking the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Kim Il-Sung Square in Pyongyang. (KCNA / KNSKNS/AFP/Getty Images)
- This picture taken on May 10, 2016 and released from North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 11, 2016 shows performers taking part in a mass dance on Kim Il-Sung square following a parade to mark the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Kim Il-Sung square in Pyongyang. (KCNA / KNSKNS/AFP/Getty Images)
- A government guide watches as attendees of the 7th Workers Party Congress arrive for a cultural performance in Pyongyang on May 11, 2016. North Korea’s rare ruling party congress was seen as a chance for young leader Kim Jong-Un to bolster his power, some four years after succeeding his late father. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- Military officers attend a torchlight parade on Kim Il-Sung square during festivities marking the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- Performers take part in a torchlight parade on Kim Il-Sung square during festivities marking the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- Performers take part in a mass dance on Kim Il-Sung square following a parade to mark the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)
- Performers take part in a mass dance on Kim Il-Sung square following a parade to mark the end of the 7th Workers Party Congress in Pyongyang on May 10, 2016. (ED JONES/AFP/Getty Images)