North Korea appears to have carried out a military parade on Saturday morning.

South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff(JCS) said Saturday that the parade might have taken place in the early hours of Saturday, with a large-scale mobilization of people and equipment, in Pyongyang's Kim Il-Sung Square.

The military added that the United States and South Korea are closely monitoring the matter.

North Korea was widely expected to hold a major military parade on Saturday to mark the 75th founding anniversary of its ruling Workers' Party.

North Korea's military parades have not been aired live since Kim Il-sung's birthday in 2017.

[Photo : YONHAP News]