North Korea wrapped up a rare Party Congress with an enormous tightly choreographed parade through the centre of Pyongyang on Tuesday, complete with goose-stepping students, models of nuclear missiles and wailing women in traditional Korean dress.
As the first such event in the country in 36 years, the Congress appears to have solidified supreme leader Kim Jong Un’s grip on the isolated, nuclear-armed state.
Although very little detail has emerged on any policies or reforms decided at the Congress, the totalitarian state celebrated the “election” of the 33-year-old Mr Kim as chairman of the ruling Worker’s Party of Korea. He had previously held the position of first secretary of the Party.