N. Korea Celebrates Armistice with Military Parade

(Image Source: BBC)

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BY ALEX MALLIN

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South Korea and the U.S. are commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Korean War armistice Saturday by honoring veterans and fallen soldiers. North Korea, on the other hand, decided to take a more ... celebratory approach. ?

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In a huge parade designed to flaunt the military might of the North, tens of thousands of soldiers marched through the capital city Pyongyang. (Via BBC)

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Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un watched over the spectacle with China?s Vice President at his side. North Korea says it was the largest parade in the nation?s history. (Via Deutsche Welle)

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According to reporters who were allowed to attend, the displays were North Korea?s way of celebrating what it sees as a victory, even though the armistice was a truce. (Via NTDTV)

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Though, technically, the North and South are still at war. And over the past 60 years there has been an almost constant fluctuation of tensions fueled by North Korean threats.

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In the past year, though, tensions have been near an all time high. Following a series of North Korean missile launches and an underground nuclear test. (Via RT)

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Back in 2010, South Korea nearly scrapped the armistice entirely after North Korea killed 50 South Koreans in a torpedo attack against a Southern ship and during a shelling of a South Korean island.

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South Korean president Park Geun-hye spoke at a ceremony honoring veterans and said she is willing to reopen peace talks if the North agrees to quit its nuclear development program. (Via Euronews)

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It?s the same demand the U.S. has put forward for years ??always in vain. On Saturday, President Obama shifted focus away from current tensions and asked for more support for the nations? veterans. (Via Al Jazeera)

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?Here in America no war should ever be forgotten, no veteran should ever be overlooked.? (Via Sky News)

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In a ceremony following their extravagant parade, North Korea?s ceremonial head of state said: ?The U.S. imperialists sustained a heavy defeat for the first time in their more than 100-year-long history of wars and aggression.??(Via The Washington Post)

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According to the U.S. Department of Defense, more than 2.5 million people died during the three-year Korean War.

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