Photos: North Korea marks 60 years since armistice
July 25, 2013
North Korean schoolchildren tour the park surrounding Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the mausoleum where bodies of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il lie embalmed on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) ( North Korea Armistice )
North Koreans tour a cemetery for Korean War veterans on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea during an opening ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) ( North Korea Armistice )
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un arrives at the cemeteries of fallen fighters of the Korean People's Army (KPA) on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea as part of ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) ( APTOPIX North Korea Armistice )
North Korean school children tour the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the mausoleum where the bodies of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il lie embalmed, in Pyongyang on Thursday, July 25, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) ( North Korea Armistice )
North Korean soldiers gather at the cemeteries of fallen fighters of the Korean People's Army (KPA) on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea as part of ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) ( North Korea Armistice )
North Korean veterans of the Korean War enter a cemetery for Korean War veterans on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea during an opening ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) ( North Korea Armistice )
Retired U.S. Navy captain and Korean War veteran Thomas Hudner, left, is escorted by a North Korean official as he leaves a cemetery for Korean War veterans after an opening ceremony which marks the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula, in Pyongyang, North Korea, Thursday, July 25, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) ( North Korea Armistice )
A guide shields her face from the sun while touring the park surrounding Kumsusan Palce of the Sun, the mausoleum where bodies of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il lie embalmed on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) ( North Korea Armistice )
North Korean brother and sister Pak Yun Yong, front right, and Pak Chun Son, wiping her eyes with handkerchief at center, visit the grave of their Korean War veteran father Pak Hyon Jong who died in 1953 when the son was 8 and the daughter was 5 years old. North Korea opened a cemetery for Korean War veterans on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) ( North Korea Armistice )
FILE - In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, crew members of the USS Pueblo hold up their hands while in captivity in North Korea in 1968. Many of the crew who served on the vessel, then spent 11 months in captivity in North Korea, want to bring the Pueblo home. Throughout its history, they argue, the Navyís motto has been ìdonít give up the ship.î The Pueblo, in fact, is still listed as a commissioned U.S. Navy vessel, the only one being held by a foreign nation. (AP Photo/US Navy) ( North Korea Armistice Captured Spy Ship )
FILE - In this photo released by the U.S. Navy, crew members of USS Pueblo pose while in captivity in North Korea in 1968. Many of the crew who served on the vessel, then spent 11 months in captivity in North Korea, want to bring the Pueblo home. Throughout its history, they argue, the Navyís motto has been ìdonít give up the ship.î The Pueblo, in fact, is still listed as a commissioned U.S. Navy vessel, the only one being held by a foreign nation. (AP Photo/US Navy) ( North Korea Armistice Captured Spy Ship )
FILE - In this Thursday, June 22, 2006 photo released by North Korea's Korea Central News Agency via Korea News Service, North Korean soldiers watch USS Pueblo, which was seized by North Korean navy off the Korean coast in Jan. 1968, near Taedonggang river in Pyongyang. The ship is North Koreaís greatest Cold War prize, a potent symbol of how the country has stood up to the great power of the United States, once in an all-out ground war and now with its push to develop the nuclear weapons and sophisticated missiles it needs to threaten the U.S. mainland. (AP Photo/Korea Central News Agency via Korea News Service) ( North Korea Armistice Captured Spy Ship )
A general view shows the Ryugyong hotel (back C) and the Pyongyang skyline on July 25, 2013. North Korea is preparing to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War which ran from 1950 to 1953, with a series of performances, festivals, and cultural events culminating with a large military parade taking place on July 27. AFP PHOTO / Ed JonesEd Jones/AFP/Getty Images ( 521616700 )
A policeman directs traffic in Pyongyang on July 25, 2013. North Korea is preparing to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War which ran from 1950 to 1953, with a series of performances, festivals, and cultural events culminating with a large military parade taking place on July 27. AFP PHOTO / Ed JonesEd Jones/AFP/Getty Images ( 521609531 )
Commuters wait at a bus stop in Pyongyang on July 25, 2013. North Korea is preparing to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War which ran from 1950 to 1953, with a series of performances, festivals, and cultural events culminating with a large military parade taking place on July 27. AFP PHOTO / Ed JonesEd Jones/AFP/Getty Images ( 521609491 )
Commuters ride a bus in Pyongyang on July 25, 2013. North Korea is preparing to mark the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War which ran from 1950 to 1953, with a series of performances, festivals, and cultural events culminating with a large military parade taking place on July 27. AFP PHOTO / Ed JonesEd Jones/AFP/Getty Images ( 521609518 )
North Korean honor guard soldiers lift their flags at an opening ceremony for a cemetery for Korean War veterans on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) ( North Korea Armistice )
North Korean schoolchildren sing in the park surrounding Kumsusan Palce of the Sun, the mausoleum where bodies of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il lie embalmed on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) ( North Korea Armistice )
Old North Korean soldiers arrive in full military dress to pay their respects at the cemeteries of fallen fighters of the Korean People's Army (KPA) on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea as part of ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) ( North Korea Armistice )
Old North Korean soldiers arrive in full military dress to pay their respects at the cemeteries of fallen fighters of the Korean People's Army (KPA) on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea as part of ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) ( APTOPIX North Korea Armistice )
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, center, salutes during an opening ceremony for a cemetery for Korean War veterans on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) ( APTOPIX North Korea Armistice )
An elderly North Korean woman stops to rest as she tours a cemetery for Korean War veterans on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea during an opening ceremony marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) ( North Korea Armistice )
North Korean soldiers stand at attention at the cemeteries of fallen fighters of the Korean People's Army (KPA) on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea as part of ceremonies marking the 60th anniversary of the signing of the armistice that ended hostilities on the Korean peninsula. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) ( North Korea Armistice )
Two North Korean schoolchildren bow and pay respects to their late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il whose bodies lie embalmed in the mausoleum, the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, on Thursday, July 25, 2013 in Pyongyang, North Korea. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E) ( North Korea Armistice )
A North Korean soldier stands guard at his post at the entry gate to the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the mausoleum where the bodies of the late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il lie embalmed, in Pyongyang on Thursday, July 25, 2013. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder) ( APTOPIX North Korea Armistice )