<span style="color: #222222;">North Korea today held a military parade to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the country's founding. It invited representatives from more than 100 countries, including a high-ranking official from Pyongyang's strongest ally, China. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">North Korean leader Kim Jong Un stood on a grandstand in the centre of Pyongyang to watch the parade, along with Li Zhanshu, the third-highest-ranking government official in China.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The largest missiles shown during the parade were short-range battlefield devices.</span><br />''  <br />