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North Korea’s ‘Mass Games’ spectacle highlights

By Associated Press

Oct. 25, 2018

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A big group of South Koreans sat through a very North Korean-style celebration on Friday night in Pyongyang, the North Korean Mass Games at May Day Stadium. It's part of an attempt to bring the two Koreas closer together, and this time the opportunity was the anniversary of a previous summit between past leaders of both Koreas. Back in October 2007, North and South Korea held their second leaders' summit, between Kim Jong Il and Roh Moo-hyun. It took seven years to get to that point after the first leaders' summit in 2000. And it has taken another 11 years to get the leaders of North and South Korea to sit down together again, now in 2018 - which they have done three times this year.
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A worker inspects the musical fountain outside the May Day Stadium where a mass games titled 'The Glorious Country" is held in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday. North Korea has extended the run of its iconic mass games, which it revived last month to mark the country's 70th birthday.
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Performers show martial art moves during "The Glorious Country" mass games at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday.
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Dancers perform during "The Glorious Country" mass games at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday.
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Dancers wave North Korean national flags and Korean Workers' Party flags as they perform during "The Glorious Country" mass games at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday.
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Dancers perform as a portrait of late North Korean leader Kim Il Sung is formed during "The Glorious Country" mass games at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday.
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Dancers perform during "The Glorious Country" mass games at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday.
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Dancers perform during "The Glorious Country" mass games at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday.
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Dancers perform during "The Glorious Country" mass games at May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday.
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