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US General Robert Abrams prays during the commemoration ceremony in Paju on July 27.
In the North’s capital, Kim handed out commemorative pistols to dozens of generals and senior officers, who pledged their loyalty to him, state media reported. On screen, dramatic reconstructions of the war were interspersed with interviews with foreign veterans, and messages of support from current leaders of the countries that sent troops to support the South, among them US President Donald Trump and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron.
Pyongyang regards the conflict – which it calls the Glorious Fatherland Liberation War – as a victory, and the anniversary is a public holiday. In the pictures, the chief of the general staff Vice Marshal Pak Jong-chon, who was sitting to Kim’s right, carefully pointed his pistol upwards rather than towards the leader.
Relations between Seoul and Pyongyang have steadily worsened and last month the North blew up a liaison office on its side of the border.
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