Video: North Korea holds mass dance to celebrate 60 years since end of Korean War The dance, For My Only Motherland, at the Kim Il Sung Stadium in Pyongyang, was part of a series of events to celebrate what North Korean authorities regard as the 60th anniversary of the "victory in the great Fatherland Liberation War." The Korean War, which pitted North Korean and Chinese troops against US-led United Nations and South Korean forces, ended with an armistice on 27 July 1953.