North Korea holds mass rally to mark Korean War anniversary
- 10 years ago
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STORY: North Korea commemorated the 64th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War with a mass rally on Wednesday (June 25).
The North's state-run television KRT showed thousands of people including senior party and state officials at the rally on Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang.
People at the rally also marched down the street while chanting anti-U.S. slogans such as "down with U.S. aggressor", KRT showed.
The rally was broadcast live on KRT from 1800 local time (0900GMT) - but the young leader Kim Jong Un was not seen during the broadcast.
The Korean War started on June 25, 1950, when Communist North Korean troops launched a surprise attack across the 38th parallel into South Korea.
U.S. led United Nations forces battled Chinese and Soviet backed North Korea, in which three
EDITORS PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS EDITED KRT MATERIAL
ROUGH CUT, NO REPORTER NARRATION
STORY: North Korea commemorated the 64th anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War with a mass rally on Wednesday (June 25).
The North's state-run television KRT showed thousands of people including senior party and state officials at the rally on Kim Il-sung Square in Pyongyang.
People at the rally also marched down the street while chanting anti-U.S. slogans such as "down with U.S. aggressor", KRT showed.
The rally was broadcast live on KRT from 1800 local time (0900GMT) - but the young leader Kim Jong Un was not seen during the broadcast.
The Korean War started on June 25, 1950, when Communist North Korean troops launched a surprise attack across the 38th parallel into South Korea.
U.S. led United Nations forces battled Chinese and Soviet backed North Korea, in which three