North Korea on Sunday (July 27) commemorated the 61st anniversary of the end of the Korean War, with a huge fireworks display, lighting up the skies over Pyongyang.
The North's state-run television, KRT, showed North Koreans gathering to watch the display.
The Korean War started on June 25, 1950, when 90,000 communist North Korean troops launched a surprise attack on South Korea.
During the war, the United States rallied the United Nations to send troops to counter the North's invasion of the South backed by Soviet forces.
The allies nearly destroyed Kim Il-sung's army, until China intervened to reverse the charge.
On July 27, 1953, the commanders of North Korea, China and the United States signed the armistice, setting up a 240-kilometre border across the peninsula that is the world's most heavily guarded frontier.
North and South Korea are still technically at war, since the 1950-53 war ended in a truce, not a peace treaty.
