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North Korea will be ‘honourable victors’ in anti-US battles, leader Kim says
As the country marks the anniversary of the Korean war armistice, its leader dials up the anti-imperialist rhetoric
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North Korean leader Kim Jong-un said the country would achieve victory in “anti-imperialist, anti-US” battles, as Pyongyang marked the 72nd anniversary of the Korean war armistice, state media reported on Sunday.
At his recent visit to a war museum, Kim “affirmed that our state and its people would surely achieve the great cause of building a rich country with a strong army and become honourable victors in the anti-imperialist, anti-US showdown,” the KCNA state news agency said.
North Korea signed an armistice agreement with the United States and China on July 27, 1953, ending the fighting in the three-year war. US generals signed the agreement representing the United Nations forces that backed South Korea.
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North Korea calls July 27 “Victory Day” even though the armistice drew a border dividing the Korean peninsula roughly equally in area and restoring balance after the two sides had made major advances back and forth during the war.
South Korea does not mark the day with any major events.
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