Print Print edition: 2011-07-05

North Korea holds massive rally

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North Koreans gathered Monday at a massive rally in Pyongyang to denounce the conservative government of South Korean President Lee Myung-bak as a "group of unparalleled traitors." More than 100,000 citizens, soldiers and senior government and army officials flocked to Kim Il Sung Square, according to footage from Associated Press Television News in Pyongyang. Signs carried slogans praising North Korean founder Kim Il Sung and the country's "military first" ideology.