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SEOUL, South Korea — Tens of thousands of North Koreans rallied in Pyongyang in a display of might and loyalty underscoring their government’s guiding “military first” principle amid tensions with rival South Korea.
The government mobilized 100,000 North Koreans for Monday’s annual New Year’s rally, which honors leader Kim Jong-Il and reaffirms full public support for his rule in the year ahead.
Kim did not appear among them in footage broadcast by APTN. The 66-year-old has not shown up at a mass event since reportedly suffering a stroke in mid-August.
But North Korean officials deny the reports of Kim’s collapse.
