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North Korea: N. Korea Marks 60th Anniversary Of Korean War Truce With Major Military Parade

2013/07/27

North Korea staged a massive military parade on Saturday to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the armistice that ended the Korean War.

The parade, which is Pyongyang's major ever, was held at the major Kim Il Sung square and presided over by the young leader Kim Jong-un. China's Vice President Li Yuanchao joined him on the podium. Goose-stepping soldiers were accompanied by a lavish display of weapons that was dominated by North Korea's arsenal of missiles.

Kim did not deliver a speech at the parade. In a speech at the event, North Korea's top military official Choe Ryong-Hae said peace was significant, but the country must remain ready for war.

North Korea celebrates July 27 with a public holiday known as the Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War. The war was fought between the two Koreas from 1950 to 1953. The South was backed by the U.N. and the U.S., while the Soviet Union and China sided with the North.

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