North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (2nd R), Vietnamese Communist Party General Secretary To Lam (R) and China’s Premier Li Qiang (3rd R) attend an event marking the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea in Pyongyang on Oct. 9, 2025. Yekaterina Shtukina/POOL/AFP via Getty Images
Chinese Premier Li Qiang attended the large-scale North Korean military parade held at night in Pyongyang on Oct. 10 to celebrate the 80th anniversary of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea as a show of Beijing’s restrengthening ties with Pyongyang.
Li took a front row seat next to North Korean leader Kim Jong Un at the parade, which featured the new Hwasong-20 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) that the regime said is “the most powerful nuclear strategic weapons system,” according to its state news agency KCNA.
