Attendance is mandatory:Two schoolchildren bow before the portraits of 

late North Korean leaders Kim Il-Sung and Kim Jong-Il at the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun 

mausoleum in Pyongyang. North Korea is having a big party to celebrate the 60th anniversary of the end of the Korean War with a series of performances, festivals and cultural events, culminating with a large military parade. Photo: Ed Jones, AFP/Getty Images