South Korea has said hundreds of young people will join a six-day journey along its border with North Korea next week to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. A ministry said on a Web site promoting the July 26-31 event that the 625 participants include students of various ages from South Korea and 50 others from nations that had sent troops to back the US-led UN forces fighting with South Korea during the war. The 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce that has yet to be replaced by a peace treaty. The ministry said the participants will alternately walk and use vehicles to complete the journey, visiting sites that had once been fierce battle zones.

South Korea has said hundreds of young people will join a six-day journey along its border with North Korea next week to commemorate the 60th anniversary of the outbreak of the Korean War. A ministry said on a Web site promoting the July 26-31 event that the 625 participants include students of various ages from South Korea and 50 others from nations that had sent troops to back the US-led UN forces fighting with South Korea during the war. The 1950-53 Korean War ended in a truce that has yet to be replaced by a peace treaty. The ministry said the participants will alternately walk and use vehicles to complete the journey, visiting sites that had once been fierce battle zones.