Copyright 2018 NPR. To see more, visit MARY LOUISE KELLY, HOST: North Korea is sending conflicting messages before the start of the Olympics tomorrow. Today it showed off the tanks and missiles it would use in war. It also showed off a sense of solidarity with South Korea. NPR's Elise Hu reports on the mixed signals. (SOUNDBITE OF BAND MUSIC) ELISE HU, BYLINE: Thousands of goosestepping soldiers marching in perfect unison, military vehicles speeding down the streets of Pyongyang, tanks and missiles on display while Kim Jong Un and his entourage watch from a balcony above - they are scenes from today's North Korean military parade, which looked like the ones you've probably seen before. But the timing of the latest event happens to coincide with a Winter Olympics just on the other side of the inter-Korean border. MELISSA HANHAM: Organizing this parade started a while ago. And it may be that you just can't stop something of that magnitude once it's planned. HU: Melissa Hanham is a
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