North Korean leader Kim Jong Un promised to strengthen his country’s nuclear weapons program on Wednesday, before presiding over a nighttime military parade, accompanied by his daughter.

North Korea has been preparing for a large-scale military parade involving some 12,000 personnel to mark a key party congress, an opposition lawmaker said Friday, citing satellite imagery.

North Korea has been confirmed to be preparing for a large-scale military parade ahead of the 9th Workers' Party Congress. In the area around the Mirim Training Ground in eastern Pyongyang, which is ...