Anchor: On the eve of the opening ceremony of the PyeongChang Winter Olympics, North Korea is known to have held a massive military parade. As the U.S. delegation arrived in the South, and with the North Korean delegation set to arrive tomorrow, attention is being paid to whether the two sides will have any interactions.
Kim Bum-soo has this report.

Report: In clear defiance of the international community's opposition to its nuclear and missile programs, North Korea on Thursday staged a massive military parade in its capital city.

The parade appeared to have taken place on a smaller scale than last year's.

  
A South Korean official said that the military event was held from around 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., marking the 70th anniversary of the founding of the North Korean People's Army.

However, the event wasn't broadcast until 5:30 p.m. on the North's state-run broadcaster Korean Central Television.

The North rearranged its annual celebration of the founding of its standing army to be held on the eve of the PyeongChang Winter Olympic Games in the South.  

Previously, the February 8th anniversary had been observed on April 25th in commemoration of North Korea's founding leader Kim Il-sung's guerrilla warfare against Japanese colonial occupation.  

The parade came ahead of U.S. Vice President Mike Pence's arrival in South Korea for the Olympics and as a high-level North Korean delegation, including Kim Jong-un's younger sister Kim Yo-jong, is getting ready to visit the South on Friday. 

On his way to Seoul, Pence said Washington is set to launch the toughest sanctions yet on Pyongyang over its nuclear and missile programs. 

Citing a key foreign ministry official, the North's state-run Korean Central News Agency said that the North Korean delegation will not meet its American counterparts while at the Olympic venue. 
Kim Bum-soo, KBS World Radio News.