Kim Jong-un celebrates ten years of dictatorship over North Korea

Dictator Kim Jong-Un celebrated a decade in control of North Korea by touting his country's "overwhelming military power," just days after announcing the launch of a large-scale projectile.

Kim posed for photos over the weekend with those who aided the launch, which a communist government media outlet said was a nuclear-capable Hwasongpho-17 intercontinental ballistic missile.

North Korean media outlet KCNA described the scene:

"As General Secretary Kim Jong Un came to the venue, all the participants broke into thunderous cheers of 'hurrah!', paying highest tribute to him representing the mightiness of Juche Korea (North Korea's communist ideology) and the ever-victorious banner, who brought about the remarkable event of demonstrating once again the innovative development of the country's defence capabilities all over the world," the outlet stated.

Kim said that "only when one is equipped with the formidable striking capabilities [and] overwhelming military power that cannot be stopped by anyone, is it possible for one to prevent a war," according to KCNA.

The participants were "encouraged" by Kim's "deep trust and warm benevolence" and all made a "firm pledge to steadily and vigorously attain the ultra-modern goals for bolstering up the defence capabilities so as to make the military technological advantages," the outlet observed.

A photo exhibition also opened over the weekend titled, "Decade of Great Victory and Change," in commemoration of Kim's first ten years in power. The dictator ascended to power when he was about 29 after his father Kim Jong-il died.