{"id":794961,"date":"2023-07-26T00:50:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-26T05:21:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/?p=794961"},"modified":"2023-08-05T00:33:25","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T00:33:25","slug":"chinese-and-russian-officials-to-join-north-korean-commemorations-of-korean-war-armistice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/world\/chinese-and-russian-officials-to-join-north-korean-commemorations-of-korean-war-armistice","title":{"rendered":"Chinese and Russian officials to join North Korean commemorations of Korean War armistice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) &#8212; Russia and China are sending government delegations to North Korea this week for events marking the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted fighting in the 1950-53 Korean War. The visits suggest North Korea is further opening up after years of pandemic isolation and is eager to showcase its partnerships with authoritarian neighbors in the face of deepening nuclear tensions with Washington, Seoul and Tokyo. North Korea&#8217;s state media said Wednesday that a Russian delegation led by Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu arrived in Pyongyang Tuesday evening, where they were greeted by senior North Korean officials including Defense Minister Kang Sun Nam. Russia&#8217;s Defense Ministry said in a statement that Shoigu later held a meeting with Kang for talks that he said would &#8220;help strengthen cooperation between our defense departments.&#8221; Video footage from Russian media showed Shoigu and other Russian delegates laying wreaths at a Soviet war monument in Pyongyang and saluting the city&#8217;s statues of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>SEOUL, South Korea (AP) &#8212; Russia and China are sending government delegations to North Korea this week for events marking the 70th anniversary of the armistice that halted fighting in<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[101],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-794961","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-world"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794961","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=794961"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/posts\/794961\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=794961"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=794961"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/omni48.com\/api\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=794961"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}