DPRK holds national meeting to mark Korean War anniversary

The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) convened a national meeting Tuesday to mark the 63rd anniversary of the end of the Korean War, the official Rodong Sinmun newspaper reported Wednesday.

"It is the firm determination and will of the WPK (Workers' Party of Korea) to achieve the final victory in the anti-U.S. struggle and the building of a powerful socialist country," Minister of the People's Armed Forces Pak Yong Sik told the meeting.

If the United States should provoke another war on the Korean Peninsula, the DPRK would wipe out all the aggressors and accomplish the historic cause of national reunification, Pak warned.

Senior party, government and army officials attended the meeting.

The Korean Peninsula remains technically in a state of war because the 1950-1953 Korean War ended with an armistice rather than a peace agreement.

(APD)