North Korean officials lay wreaths at Friendship Tower to honor Chinese war dead
Senior North Korean officials placed wreaths at Pyongyang’s Friendship Tower on the 76th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers’ entry into the Korean War.
On Sunday, North Korean officials gathered at the Friendship Tower in Pyongyang to commemorate the 76th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers’ participation in the Korean War. Among the participants were Kim Hyong-sik, vice chairman of the Supreme People's Assembly standing committee, and Vice Foreign Minister Kim Myong-su, who laid wreaths together with Chinese embassy officials such as charge d'affaires ad interim Qi Han and a delegation headed by Hong Zongming, vice minister of China’s veterans affairs ministry.
Additional wreath-laying ceremonies took place at Chinese soldiers’ cemeteries in Anju, Hoechang County, Onsong County and Kaesong. The event was timed after Kim Jong-un’s unexpected trip to the border city of Dandong, where he visited a war memorial, attended a banquet and inspected a bus factory, underscoring the historic alliance between the two nations.
Why it matters
The ceremony highlights the enduring symbolic ties between North Korea and China on a historic war anniversary.
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