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Ed Flanagan/NBC News
At a massive military march in Pyongyang, North Korea on April 15, it was noted a number of times that the female soldiers actually seemed to march straighter and cleaner than the male columns. Their shrill shout to attention always caused you to focus on them, regardless of what you were doing at the time.
BEIJING – After more than a week in Pyongyang to cover what ended up being North Korea’s failed missile launch, the NBC News team that was covering the story – Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel, producer Ed Flanagan and cameraman David Lom – have left the reclusive country.
But they still had some photos to share from the various patriotic events they were taken to by their North Korean minders as part of the foreign press corps.
Ed Flanagan/ NBC News
The rows and rows of soldiers in the bleachers at a mass meeting of soldiers from North Korea's armed services in Pyongyang on April 14 was a spectacle that showed off North Korea's military might and unity behind its new leader, Kim Jong-un.
From the unveiling of massive 50-foot-tall statues of former leaders Kim Il-Sung and Kim Il-Jong to a large military parade, to regular North Koreans snapping family photos, see some of the team’s photos of North Korean pageantry below.
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We saw this little girl being fussed over by her father before a family photo next to a monument on Reunification Street in Pyongyang, North Korea on April 16. The girl later erupted into laughter when cameraman David Lom stuck the videocamera in her face.
David Lom/NBC News
'Festooned with medals' was how NBC's Chief Foreign Correspondent Richard Engel described the military officers at the massive military rally in Pyongyang o April 14.
Click here to see another view of the military parade in Pyongyang on April 15 - what it looked like from outer space. It was so big that columns of soldiers could be seen from a satellite photo.
Ed Flanagan/ NBC News
At 50 feet tall and made of bronze, the two statues of North Korea's former leaders Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-il were colossal. Bathed in the dusk light when they were unveiled in Pyongyang, North Korea on April 13, 2012, they were quite simply a sight to see.
Ed Flanagan/ NBC News
When the last military vehicle finished rolling by during the massive military parade in Pyongyang on April 15, adoring civilians pushed through to the edge of the square, cheering for new leader Kim Jong-Un and waving flower wreathes.
Ed Flanagan/ NBC News
To our surprise and pleasure, when we arrived at the banks of the Taedong River in Pyongyang for the start of the fireworks display planned to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the birth of President Kim Il-Sung on April 15 we found thousands of civilians waiting for the event to start. It was a rare chance for NBC's David Lom to get shots of North Koreans from outside a bus window.
See more striking pictures from North Korea in PhotoBlog.
And a slideshow: North Korea continues celebrations after failed missile
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What a joke! Celebrate a flop! This country has no missile that threatens us and a military that is way outdated. They don't have soldiers, they have targets. In a war, they would not last a week since they would not have enough food and fuel for their army, airforce and navy. I think the biggest worry for South Korea is not that the North's army might invade them but that their civilian population might.
That's certainly what China fears most.
puck Sh*t kayo
Depressing.. Country filled with with robots. Human race is a Failure.
Thsy are celebraring the millions muslum Obama sent then for food,but used it to make that dud missel
Awesome military rallys, just like the Nazi's had.
Someone already touched on the subject, but I wonder what our leaders were thinking when they sent food? They continued to send food while NK spent money on a rocket designed to carry a bomb to US! Next, they will give them a rocket so they can spend their money on food. So it goes round and round.
It is very disheartening to see the world we live in today in so much turmoil and war. Did you know that Isaiah 2:4 says “And he will certainly render judgment among the nations and set matters straight respecting many peoples. And they will have to beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning shears. Nation will not lift up sword against nation, neither will they learn war anymore.” And Daniel 2:44 says “And in the days of those kings the God of heaven will set up a kingdom that will never be brought to ruin. And the kingdom itself will not be passed on to any other people. It will crush and put an end to all these kingdoms, and it itself will stand to times indefinite.” These promises give us hope that all suffering will end soon. God’s government will heal, cure and put an end to all chaos caused by man’s governments.