Instead, the North's state-run KCNA news agency said the Korean People's Army marked the anniversary with a "successful largest-ever artillery drill" under the orders of Supreme Commander Kim in the eastern port city of Wonsan.
North Korea conducted artillery drills yesterday to mark the 85th anniversary of the founding of its million-strong Korean People's Army.
The nuclear-powered USS Michigan, one of four Ohio-class guidedmissile submarines capable of launching cruise missiles, arrived at the South Korean port of Busan, US Naval Forces Korea said in a statement.
Recent events have worsened the growing tension in the region in the face of persistent weapon tests by North Korea - the most recent took place early April - to which the USA reacted by dispatching its nuclear aircraft carrier USS Carl Vinson to the Korean peninsula.
The submarine is expected to take part in military exercises with the Carl Vinson warship group, which the USA said it was dispatching to North Korea earlier this month to "maintain readiness" in the region.
Two Japanese destroyers have joined the US carrier group for exercises and South Korea said it was in talks about holding joint naval drills.
U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday said that the UN Security Council must be prepared to impose new sanctions on North Korea, amid escalating tensions over its missile and nuclear programmes.
The USS Michigan submarine arrived in South Korea Tuesday, where it's expected to make contact with the USS Carl Vinson-led carrier group.
In the end, no nuclear test was held that day, but a performance on the Day of the Sun still showed a propaganda video where missiles struck the United States and a USA flag was left in flames.
Trump is now seeking greater global cooperation on North Korea, particularly with China in the hopes that Beijing can reign in its neighbor.
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But after 11:00 p.m., the Supreme Court issued orders denying the outstanding appeal requests, allowing the execution to proceed. Pulaski County Circuit Judge Alice Gray had ordered a halt on the drug for executions, but she was overruled by the U.S.
American officials briefed the visiting Security Council diplomats at the White House, and the administration said senators will attend a classified briefing there on Wednesday. Left unsaid by Graham was that a war today could be disastrous for USA allies Japan and South Korea.
Along with sending United States military assets to the region in a show of force, President Donald Trump has called on China to exert economic pressure on its ally.
"North Korea's a big world problem, and it's a problem we have to finally solve".
At a "national meeting" of thousands of senior military and civilian officials the day before, North Korea's Minister of Defense Gen. Pak Yong Sik reiterated that the country is ready to use pre-emptive strikes or any other measures it deems necessary to defend itself against the "U.S. imperialists".
In one particularly worrisome development for Japan, the North conducted a near-simultaneous launch of four extended-range Scud missiles in March as a rehearsal for striking US military bases in the country.
"The status quo in North Korea is also unacceptable", President Trump told a meeting with the 15 U.N. Security Council ambassadors, including China and Russian Federation, at the White House.
This artillery drill appears to have been meant to underscore North Korea's substantial retaliatory capability in the event of a United States attack. He said the North should not underestimate the president's resolve.
"All three countries say they're counting on China to keep North Korea in check, but Beijing has said little except to call on everyone to exercise restraint", he adds.
North Korea has enough artillery to not only cause large casualties to U.S. troops stationed in South Korea, but could wipe out large portions of South Korea's capital city in a purely conventional strike.
At the same time, North Korea intentionally exposed signs of a possible nuclear test at its Punggye-ri test site in the northeast of the country, while directly threatening that it can press the button at anytime.
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