Chinese, North
Korean and two U.S. veterans
on Thursday joined leader Kim Jong Un at the start of official commemorations
in Pyongyang
for the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War.
In his first
public appearance for the anniversary events, Mr. Kim laid a floral arrangement
at a monument to war veterans that is the centrepiece of a sprawling new
national military cemetery in Pyongyang’s
outskirts. Mr. Kim took power after his death of his father, Kim Jong Il, in
late 2011 and has since overseen two long-range rocket launches and a nuclear
test that have drawn international condemnation and tightened U.N. sanctions.
Dozens of elderly
Chinese soldiers who fought for North
Korea joined Thursday’s commemoration. Also
taking part were two U.S.
veterans who fought against Chinese soldiers at the Chosin Reservoir in
November and December 1950.
