Live: North Korea celebrates New Year's Eve with firework

North Korea celebrates the new year with a firework display near the Taedong River, which cuts through central Pyongyang.

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[Jordanw]

She said: “The firework show has been cancelled because the firework maker has been imprisoned.”

[josephinemitchell]

Seems this media's pictures are the same for this North Korea show and the Thailand show. Not going to watch either.

[chislox]

I don’t know what there saying but I imagine that there praising there supreme leader

[mohammedrhemiabdulrahman]

They have fireworks or they fire ballistic missiles 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

[rafterryanto]

Happy new years DPRK, I ❤️🇰🇵✊ forever