North Korean leader Kim Jong Un presided over massive parade in the center of Pyongyang Tuesday marking the end of the country's ruling party congress during which he solidified his grip on power.
Hundreds of thousands of brightly-dressed North Koreans marched through Kim ll–sung Square. Kim Jong Un watched and waved to the crowd from a viewing balcony high above the square.
The four-day Workers' Party congress -- the country's first in 36 years -- ended Monday after the delegates rubber stamped Kim's "Byongjin" policy of pursuing economic development while simultaneously boosting the North's nuclear arsenal.
The congress also named Ri Yong-Gil, North Korea's former military chief, to a number of senior ruling posts -- just months after South Korean intelligence officials said he had been executed on accusations of corruption and other charges.