A memorial cemetery has been opened in Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), as part of celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the end of the Patriotic War of 1950-1953.
A memorial cemetery has been opened in Pyongyang, the capital of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), as part of celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the end of the Patriotic War of 1950-1953.
Top officials of the Workers’ Party of Korea and military commanders, including DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, center background, attended the ceremony.
An armistice between the DPRK, the People’s Republic of China and the United Nations Organization was officially confirmed on July 27, 1953.
Korean War veterans also attended the opening ceremony.
Young Pioneers attend festivities marking the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War of 1950-1953.
After the Korean Peninsula was liberated from Japanese occupation forces in 1945, Korea was partitioned into two states along the 38th Parallel under the Yalta Agreement. An armed conflict, which flared up between North Korea and South Korea on June 25, 1950, escalated into a war. On July 27, 1953, an armistice was signed between the DPRK, the People’s Republic of China and the United Nations Organization. In March 2013, the DPRK announced its decision to withdraw from the armistice agreement, citing US–South Korean war games.
The Korean War was the first major armed conflict of the Cold War period. Over 80 percent of both states’ industrial and transport infrastructure, 75 percent of government institutions and about 50 percent of all residential structures were destroyed.
Official opening ceremony of the memorial cemetery to honor those killed during the Korean War of 1950-1953.
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DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, center, attends official ceremony of opening memorial cemetery to honor the war dead in Pyongyang.
Official ceremony of opening a memorial cemetery to honor those killed during the Korean War of 1950-1953.
