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South Korea marks 73rd Korean war anniversary as Yoon Suk-yeol lauds sacrifice of fallen soldiers
- Yoon says only strong power can guarantee real peace and vows to defend South Korea so that the soldiers’ sacrifices ‘do not go in vain’
- About 140,000 South Korean troops were killed in action during the 1950-53 war, which ended in a ceasefire
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President Yoon Suk-yeol on Sunday lauded the sacrifice of fallen troops from the 1950-53 Korean war and called on the nation to remember their “bloodshed uniforms” on the 73rd anniversary of the war’s outbreak.
In a Facebook post, Yoon said the “blood and tears shed by the war veterans and their families shall never be forgotten”, stressing that “only strong power can guarantee real peace”.
He also vowed to further defend South Korea and contribute in bringing prosperity and freedom to the people so that the “sacrifices of the heroes who fought against the invasion of the communist forces do not go in vain”.
Yoon noted that 1.95 million UN soldiers, including 1.78 million US soldiers, came “rushing to protect” the freedom of South Koreans during the Korean war.
South Korean Prime Minister Han Duck-soo echoed Yoon’s sentiments on Sunday and vowed to defend the nation with “strong self-defence” capabilities.
“The government will protect our security with strong self-defence, not with fake peace based on North Korea’s false good intention,” Han told a national ceremony marking the start of the war.
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