South Korean President Roh Moo-hyun calls on national integration in his congratulatory speech to a ceremony in Seoul August 15, 2005 commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Korean Peninsula's liberation from the Japanese colonial rule. Roh's speech mainly addressed the topic of opening a new era of reconciliation and integration by coping with past wrongdoing, regionalism, economic and social divides. (People's Daily Photo)
Actresses perform on a ceremony in Seoul August 15, 2005 commemorating the 60th anniversary of the Korea Peninsula's liberation from the Japanese colonial rule. (People's Daily photos)
Kim Yong-nam (C), president of North Korea's Presidium of Supreme People's Assembly, accompanied by soldiers and officers of Korean People's Army, dedicates a wreath to the bronze statue of Kim Jong-suk, mother of Kim Jong-il, at Taesong-San Martyr Cemetery in Pyongyang August 15, 2005. Celebrations of the 60th anniversary of the liberation of the Korean Peninsula from the Japanese colonial rule were held in North Korea to recall the history and commemorate the heroes. (People's Daily Photo)
Members of a Russian delegation dedicate wreaths to the bronze statue of Kim Jong-suk, mother of Kim Jong-il, at Taesong-San Martyr Cemetery in Pyongyang August 15, 2005. (People's Daily Photo)
Pupils dedicate flowers to the bronze statue of Kim Il-sung at Mansudae in Pyongyang August 15, 2005. (People's Daily Photo)
