Fireworks illuminate the sky in Pyongyang with the Juche Tower in the foreground Sunday in a photograph released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency Monday to commemorate the 61st anniversary of the armistice of the Korean War (1950-53). The armistice was signed on July 27, 1953. Photo: AFP

North Korean women veterans (center) attend an event in Pyongyang on Sunday. Many veterans are now in their 70s and 80s. North Korea celebrates the day the armistice was signed as it considers it won the war, whereas events in the South are more low-key. Photo: IC

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un (center) claps as he attends a performance by a national choir at a theater in Pyongyang on Sunday, to mark the signing of the Korean War armistice. Photo: CFP

United States Forces Korea (USFK) General Curtis Scaparrotti speaks to media Sunday at Panmunjom, South Korea. There are still 28,000 US troops stationed in the South. At Panmunjom, troops from both sides often stand at close quarters. Photo: CFP

A North Korean soldier take photos of the South side on Sunday in Panmunjom, South Korea. The armistice marking the end of hostilities in the Korean War was signed in Panmunjom, often described as the "truce village," now located in the Demilitarized Zone, a 250-kilometer fortified strip between the two Koreas. There has never been an official peace treaty. Photo: CFP