North Korean media say the country's leader, Kim Jong Un, has attended a military parade marking the 70th anniversary of the Korean War armistice accompanied by Chinese and Russian delegations.

The Friday edition of North Korea's ruling Workers' Party newspaper, Rodong Sinmun, reported that the parade was held at a square in central Pyongyang on Thursday night.

A picture on the front page showed Kim on a balcony flanked by Russian defense minister Sergei Shoigu and Li Hongzhong, the vice chairperson of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress.

The parade -- the first since February -- featured North Korea's latest intercontinental ballistic missiles, the Hwasong-18 and the Hwasong-17.

Pyongyang test-fired the Hwasong-18, a solid-fuel ICBM, for the second time on July 12. The article described the missiles as the country's strongest strategic weapons.

The parade also featured a flyover of new spy and attack drones.

North Korean defense minister Kang Sun Nam stressed the rivalry with the United States in his speech.

Kim did not deliver a speech at the parade.