Kim Jong-un marks 73rd Korean War armistice with cemeteries, photos and parade

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un posed for photographs with war veterans and citizens honored for their wartime services to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the armistice that ended the 1950-1953 Korean War, state media reported Wednesday. The session, held Tuesday, was part of North Korea’s self-declared Victory Day commemorations. Veterans and honorees arrived in Pyongyang from across the country Saturday to participate in the events, according to the Korean Central News Agency. “It is a great pleasure of and encouragement to our Party, state and people that the victorious wartime generation, who demonstrated to the world the heroic position and […]...Keep on reading: Kim Jong Un joins war veterans for 'Victory Day' photos

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un posed for photographs with war veterans and citizens honored for their wartime services to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the armistice that ended the 1950-1953 Korean War, state media reported Wednesday. The session, held Tuesday, was part of North Korea's self-declared Victory Day commemorations. Veterans and honorees arrived in Pyongyang from across the country Saturday to participate in the events, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). "It is a great pleasure of and encouragement to our Party, state and people that the victorious wartime generation, who demonstrated to the world the heroic position and reputation of our country which should be glorified through generations, are standing before us as the personifier and witness of miraculous victory," KCNA quoted him as saying. The commemorations also included Kim's visits to national cemeteries, a military parade and a gala. Kim Ju-ae, the North Korean leader's daughter, made her first public appearance at events celebrating Victory Day.

North Korea has held a commemorative parade to mark the 73rd anniversary of the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War, involving columns symbolic of units fought in the war, state media reported Tuesday. Leader Kim Jong-un attended the event the previous day, flanked by senior party, government and military officials, along with war veterans, the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. Diplomats from China and Russia stationed in Pyongyang were also present. The armistice was signed on July 27, 1953, halting the war. North Korea has observed the date as Victory Day since 1996, claiming it won the war against U.S.-led forces. The parade featured formations reenacting North Korean military units from the war, according to the report, followed by marching units representing the country's modern ground, naval and air forces. Kim "extended warm militant encouragement to the invincible elite ranks and representatives of the matchless army who newly defined the concept of the strong army and the law of victory, and placed the absolute might of the revolutionary armed forces at the peak of

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has visited national cemeteries honoring fallen soldiers, including Chinese troops, to mark the 73rd anniversary of the armistice that ended the 1950-53 Korean War, Pyongyang's state media reported Monday. Kim visited the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery on Sunday, where the war dead are buried, and met with veterans, wishing them "good health and long life," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said. The armistice was signed on July 27, 1953, and North Korea has marked the date as Victory Day since 1996, claiming it won the war against U.S.-led forces. Kim repeated familiar state narratives about the war, calling it a fight to defend "the dignity and sovereignty of the state but also the global peace and security in a heavy and hot war against the U.S. imperialists" and their allies. "The miracle of July 27 won by the ordinary army and people on this land with ardent love and indomitable might should be the precious ideological and moral wealth and infinite latent energy of the Korean revolution to be invariably and thoroughly carried forward r