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The anniversary of the Korean War Armistice is celebrated and saluted in both countries on Sunday and Monday.
While the North Korean leader visited the cemetery, South Korea’s military officials saluted the veterans. After a 3-year war between 1950 and '53, the armistice agreement was signed on 27 July 1953.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery on Sunday, where the soldiers who lost their lives are buried, and met with veterans, wishing them "good health and long life," the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) said.
Kim stated it was a fight to defend "the dignity and sovereignty of the state but also the global peace and security in a heavy and hot war against the U.S. imperialists" and their allies.
He praised guerrilla fighters and independence activists, who lost their lives during the war, for their loyalty and called them "the most heroic generation" of North Korean history and a model for "the indomitable Korean people."
Youth and students also danced at the plaza of the Arch of Triumph to mark the 73rd anniversary of the end of the Korean War in Pyongyang on Monday.
On the other hand, South Korea expressed its gratitude to United Nations veterans during a national ceremony for the Korean War UN Veterans Day in Seoul on Monday.
During the war, 178,569 soldiers lost their lives in South Korea, 40,670 of whom were UN troops and 137,899 were South Korean troops, while 508,797 soldiers lost their lives in North Korea.
Türkiye also sent more than 700 soldiers to the area as U.N. troops.
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