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.<br/> <br />The North's state-run television, KRT, showed North Koreans gathering to watch the display.<br/> <br />The Korean War started on June 25, 1950, when 90,000 communist North Korean troops launched a surprise attack on South Korea.<br/> <br />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.<br/> <br />The allies nearly destroyed Kim Il-sung's army, until China intervened to reverse the charge.<br/> <br />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.<br/> <br />North and South Korea are still technically at war, since the 1950-53 war ended in a truce, not a peace treaty.
