South Korea held a military ceremony on Tuesday to mark the 60th anniversary of the recapture of Seoul after the invasion from the North. This as North Korea's ailing leader gave his youngest son his first public title and named him a general. Thousands of South Korean military officers and civilians along with domestic and foreign war veterans from the 1950-53 Korean War gathered in Seoul to mark the anniversary. South Korea's President Lee Myung-bak spoke about the ship sinking incident in March.North Korea's provocation the other day, which killed our 46 sailors, gave us a heart-breaking lesson. With the armistice between two Koreas for 60 years, there has been some laxity in the mind of our soldiers, said Lee at the ceremony. North and South Korea are still technically at war since the 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce without a peace treaty. Ties between the two Koreas had been sour since conservative President Lee Myung-bak took office in 2008 and ended aid to the North demanding an end to its nuclear ambition.
