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| Kim meets participants of the fifth National Conference of War Veterans in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency in July 2018 (File photo by=KCNA via Reuters) |
[Asia News = Reporter Reakkana] Amidst the global coronavirus pandemic, state media revealed on Monday that North Korea plans to hold a national conference of war veterans to celebrate the 68th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War."
The 7th National Conference of War Veterans is scheduled in Pyongyang with splendor on the occasion of the 68th anniversary of the victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War," the official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) added. The Korean War ended in an armistice signed on July 27, 1953, which leaves South and North Korea technically in a state of war. The North called the war the Fatherland Liberation War and designated the armistice signing date as Victory Day.
Last Sunday, war veterans participating in the conference arrived in Pyongyang while party officials visited the lodging quarters to award the participation certificates and congratulate the war veterans, KCNA reported. The KCNA didn’t say when the conference will take place, however, it’s likely to be held before the anniversary date. Observers shared that the event appears to be aimed at tightening internal unity in the face of deepening economic fallout caused by the global coronavirus pandemic. Meanwhile, the North held the first conference of war veterans in 1993.
