Seoul — North Korea put on a musical show to mark the birthday of founding father Kim Il-sung, which ended with a mock-up video of missiles engulfing the US in flames, prompting cheers from the audience and smiles from current leader Kim Jong-un. North Korea’s state TV aired footage of a choral performance attended by Kim Jong-un, the elder Kim’s grandson, on Sunday, a day after a huge military parade in Pyongyang, which also marked the 105th birth anniversary of Kim Il-sung. The singing was followed by footage of it test-firing a missile in February which, in the video, was joined by other missiles shooting into the sky, passing over the Pacific and exploding in giant balls of flames in the US. The video ended with a picture of the American flag in flames, overlapping row after row of white crosses in a cemetery. () "When the performance was over, all the performers and participants in the military parade broke into enthusiastic cheers of ‘Hurrah!’," state run KCNA news agency said...
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