Did North Korea Just Blink?

A view of a parade celebrating the 105th birth anniversary of founder Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, North Korea April 15, 2017 in this photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on April 16, 2017. (Reuters)

News.com.au: October 10 North Korean holiday passes without incident. Did Kim Jong-un just blink?

THE conditions were right. The rhetoric was hot. But October 10 has passed — and with it a prime time for Kim Jong-un to launch a missile. What changed?

SOUTH Korea says it is continuing to carefully monitor activity north of the Demilitarised Zone after Pyonyang marked an October 10 national holiday in an unusually sedate manner.

It didn’t set off a nuclear device.

It didn’t lob any missiles towards Japan.

This is uncharacteristic.

Especially for such a significant date on its national calendar — the foundation of its governing Workers Party of Korea in 1945.

“We are maintaining a thorough readiness posture in preparation for North Korea’s possible provocations,” South Korean Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS) spokesman Army Colonel Roh Jae-cheon told local media.

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WNU editor: Most of the time .... I repeat .... most of the time North Korea does not pull-off an incident that distracts from the celebration of that day. This is what happened today, and no .... Kim Jong-un did not blink.