PLEASE NOTE: THIS EDIT CONTAINS CONVERTED 4:3 MATERIAL AND EDITED KRT MATERIAL<br/> <br />(ROUGH CUT - NO REPORTER NARRATION)<br/> <br />North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met with elderly war veterans who arrived in Pyongyang to celebrate the 59th anniversary of the armistice treaty with South Korea, North Korea's state media said on Tuesday (July 31).<br/> <br />North's state-run television KRT released video showing thousands of war veterans erupting into loud applause and warmly greeting the reclusive country's new leader on Monday (July 30).<br/> <br />The 1950-53 Korean war broke out on June 25 with the North Korean troops' invasion into the South.<br/> <br />The armistice, signed on July 27, 1953, stopped the fighting between U.S.-led U.N. forces backing South Korea, and Communist Chinese and North Korean troops.<br/> <br />The truce has never been converted into a peace treaty, leaving the two Koreas in a technical state of war.<br/> <br />The North calls the armistice a victory, saying it defeated the U.S. and protected the sovereignty of the communist country under the founder Kim Il-sung.
