North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has kicked off his country's celebration of the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War. Mr. Kim on Thursday paid his respects to the war dead and laid a wreath to commemorate the opening of a new cemetery outside Pyongyang.
It was a rare public appearance for the young leader, who was joined by war veterans from the United States, China, and his own country.
Pyongyang has planned several days of nationalistic celebrations of what it views as its victory in the bloody, three-year conflict.