Pyongyang, Beijing and Moscow shift ties 70 years after Korean War

Photos from armistice parade hint at differing attitudes on North Korea

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From left to right, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and Chinese Communist Party senior official Li Hongzhong attend a military parade in Pyongyang on July 27. © KCNA/Kyodo

HIROSHI MINEGISHI, Nikkei senior staff writer

TOKYO -- How the North and South Korean leaders spent the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice highlighted the diverging paths of the two countries on the last remaining front of the Cold War.

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