North Korea celebrated the anniversary of the Korean War armistice, state media reported on Sunday (July 27). In the footage provided by the North's official news agency KCNA on Saturday (July 26), which Reuters cannot independently verify, North Korean students were seen dancing as fireworks lit up the sky at Kim Il Sung square.

The video also showed a crowd of foreign spectators watching the performance, some of whom were filming with their mobile phones and cameras.

North Korea signed an armistice agreement with the United States and China on July 27, 1953, ending the fighting in the three-year war. U.S. generals signed the agreement representing the United Nations forces that backed South Korea.

North Korea calls July 27 "Victory Day" even though the armistice drew a border dividing the Korean peninsula roughly equally in area and restoring balance after the two sides had made major advances back and forth during the war.

South Korea does not mark the day with any major events.

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PYONGYANG, NORTH KOREA (RELEASED JULY 26, 2025) (KCNA FOR REUTERS - No use North Korea)

1. NORTH KOREAN STUDENTS DRESSED IN HANBOK KOREAN TRADITIONAL CLOTHING IN FRONT OF BANNER READING (Korean): “DAY OF VICTORY IN FATHERLAND LIBERATION WAR”

2. NORTH KOREAN STUDENTS WALKING BY

3. BANNER READING (Korean): “DAY OF VICTORY IN FATHERLAND LIBERATION WAR / JULY 27 / CELEBRATION”

4. NORTH KOREAN STUDENTS WALKING / BANNER READING (Korean): “WITH OUR BELOVED COMRADE KIM JONG UN LEADING US, VICTORY IS ALWAYS OURS.”

5. NORTH KOREAN STUDENTS WALKING TO KIM IL SUNG SQUARE / FRAMED PORTRAITS OF NORTH KOREAN FOUNDER KIM IL SUNG (LEFT) AND LATE LEADER KIM JONG IL (RIGHT)

6. NORTH KOREAN STUDENTS TAKING PHOTOGRAPH OF THEMSELVES

7. NORTH KOREAN STUDENTS POSING FOR PHOTOGRAPH

8. VARIOUS OF MASS DANCING

9. SPECTATORS WATCHING PERFORMANCE

10. BABY HELD IN MAN’S ARM WAVING NORTH KOREAN FLAG

11. VARIOUS OF MASS DANCING

12. KOREAN PEOPLE'S ARMY (KPA) SERVICE PERSONNEL AND CITIZENS CLAPPING WHILE WATCHING DANCE

13. VARIOUS OF NORTH KOREAN STUDENTS DANCING

14. NORTH KOREAN STUDENTS DANCING IN FRONT OF SIGN OF BALLOONS AND BANNER READING (Korean): “CELEBRATION / DAY OF VICTORY IN FATHERLAND LIBERATION WAR JULY 27”

15. NORTH KOREAN STUDENTS DANCING / FIREWORKS DISPLAY IN SKY

16. FIREWORKS DISPLAY IN SKY

17. NORTH KOREAN STUDENTS DANCING / FIREWORKS DISPLAY IN SKY

18. VARIOUS OF FOREIGN SPECTATORS WATCHING DANCE

19. MASS DANCING

20. GROUP WAVING FLAGS/ FIREWORKS DISPLAY