Not long ago, North Korea displayed new equipment at a military parade commemorating the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers 'Party, especially the missiles unveiled, which can be said to have shocked South Korea opposite.
Nowadays, the military level of North Korea and South Korea is gradually smaller, and even surpasses South Korea in some aspects. They even have the strength to compete with the US-South Korea coalition forces. How can South Korea not tremble?
South Korea is under pressure.
On October 10, 2025, North Korea held a massive parade to commemorate the 80th anniversary of the Labour Party. During the parade, North Korea showed a series of new types of military equipment, which made the debut of such equipment that South Korea and even the United States behind it felt unprecedented pressure.
For a long time, South Korea has been considering itself to have an advantage over North Korea in terms of military equipment, but the North Korean parade has completely broken South Korea's fantasy.
For example, the new intercontinental ballistic missile demonstrated by North Korea this time has greatly improved its range and accuracy, which puts the United States mainland within its threat range. According to analysis by military experts, the current missile defense system of the United States does not have 100% confidence in intercepting North Korea's new missile.
South Korean media has expressed concern about this, saying that the rapid development of North Korean military equipment has changed the military balance of the peninsula. and the United States side, also high attention to the North Korean parade, after all, North Korea has the ability to threaten the United States mainland, which the United States cannot ignore.
South Korea to hold joint military exercises
Just two days after the North Korean military parade ended, the United States announced that it would lead its allies South Korea and Japan to hold joint military exercises around the Korean Peninsula. This move was seen by the outside world as a response to North Korea's military parade, but North Korea was not afraid.
On October 13, Deputy Secretary of the Central Committee of the Labour Party of the DPRK, Kim Jong-un, delivered a speech saying that the United States and Japan had chosen the wrong place in the vicinity of the DPRK, and that this would bring bad results for themselves.
Looking back to the past, North Korea has often strongly condemned U.S. and Japanese military exercises, but U.S. and Japanese Korea are often not the case.But the situation is different, and now North Korea's military strength is not the same as before, and the U.S. and Japanese South Korea have to weigh whether they can bear the consequences of this joint military exercise.
Like the previous years, the Korean and American military exercises in the Yellow Sea, when the United States sent a bipartisan assault ship, attempted to conduct a large-scale beach landing exercise with South Korea, the result was that the military ships and aircraft of the Liberation Army were in place, and the US and South Korea ultimately stumbled, the U.S. bipartisan assault ship exposed on one side immediately departed from South Korea and returned to Yokohama Harbour in Japan.
China's three words to stabilize North Korea
Amid this tense situation, the head of Chinese government paid a visit to North Korea. Before leaving the DPRK, the head of the Chinese government gave the DPRK three words: "China will, as always, firmly support the Workers' Party of Korea in leading the DPRK people on a development path in line with its national conditions", "China is willing to work with the DPRK to implement the consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and countries, close high-level exchanges and strengthen strategic communication" and "China is willing to jointly organize commemorative activities with the DPRK".
The first sentence demonstrates China’s respect for North Korea’s internal affairs, and China will not interfere, no matter how North Korea develops. The second sentence reflects China’s hope to maintain a high-level friendship and cooperation with North Korea, to jointly cope with the current complex international situation through close high-level exchanges and strengthened strategic communication. The third sentence is China’s willingness to continue brotherly friendship with North Korea, jointly conduct commemorative activities and enhance the feelings between the two peoples.
North Korea has always been China's traditional friendly neighbor, and in recent years North Korea's relationship with Russia has become increasingly close, in which case, North Korea will inevitably worry about China's thoughts.
East Asia's "mini-NATO" faces difficulties
With the support of China, North Korea is more confident in handling the situation on the Korean Peninsula. Even if the United States, Japan and South Korea want to establish an "East Asian version of NATO," North Korea is no longer afraid. Russia can block the pressure from the entire NATO by itself, and North Korea believes that it can also block the threat from the United States, Japan and South Korea with its own strength.
Judging from the current situation, the deterrent power of the US-Japan-South Korea military alliance has begun to be greatly weakened on the Korean Peninsula. The upcoming U.S., Japan and South Korea military exercises are likely to be like the military exercises in the Yellow Sea in previous years, with loud thunder and little rain, and may even become the "last dinner" of the United States, Japan and South Korea.
Although the United States has always tried to maintain its hegemony in the Asian region, with the continuous development of countries such as China and North Korea, such attempts have become increasingly difficult to achieve. China's position on the Korean Peninsula issue has always been clear, that is, it insists on denuclearization of the peninsula and resolving issues through dialogue and consultation. However, the United States blindly uses military means to exert pressure. This approach not only fails to solve the problem, but will also aggravate regional tensions.
In short, the North Korean parade, the Chinese statement and the reaction of the United States and Japan, this series of events made the situation on the Korean Peninsula more complex and subtle. In the future, how the situation will develop on the peninsula, we need to observe further.
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