This photo, released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency, shows a mass rally by workers, youth and students against “U.S. imperialism” in Pyongyang on the occasion of the anniversary of the start of the 1950-53 Korean War on June 25, 2024. (Image courtesy of Yonhap)
SEOUL, Jun. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — North Korea has held a mass anti-U.S. rally in Pyongyang to mark this week’s anniversary of the outbreak of the 1950-53 Korean War, state media reported Wednesday.
More than 100,000 people attended the rally held at the May Day Stadium on Tuesday and the stadium was “full of the spirit of avengers to annihilate the enemy who massacred the Korean people,” the Korean Central News Agency said.
“The participants in the rally watched a video disclosing the thrice-cursed crimes committed by the U.S. imperialist aggressors and the ROK puppets during the Fatherland Liberation War, and the enemy’s ever-escalating moves to stifle the DPRK,” the KCNA said.
ROK refers to South Korea’s formal name, the Republic of Korea.
This photo, released by North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency, shows a mass rally by workers, youth and students against “U.S. imperialism” in Pyongyang on the occasion of the anniversary of the start of the 1950-53 Korean War on June 25, 2024. (Image courtesy of Yonhap)
The Korean War broke out on June 25, 1950, when tank-led North Korean troops invaded South Korea. The United States and other allied nations fought alongside South Korea under the United Nations flag, while China fought on the North’s side.
Accusing Washington and Seoul of igniting the war, North Korea claimed that their victory more than 70 years ago “clearly shows the true colors of the aggressors and provocateurs, which remain unchanged despite the lapse of 700 or 7,000 years.”
“The speakers, in reflection of the retaliatory spirit of all the people, expressed their will to annihilate the U.S. imperialists and the ROK puppets, the unchangeable arch enemy, at any cost, bitterly denouncing the inhumane crimes committed by the sworn enemy,” the KCNA said.
North Korea annually designates the period from June 25 to July 27, the day the Armistice Agreement was signed, as the “month of joint anti-American struggle,” during which they condemn both the U.S. and South Korea.
(Yonhap)
