SEOUL, June 25 (UPI) -- South Korean President Lee Jae Myung called for establishing lasting peace on the Korean Peninsula Wednesday as the country commemorated the 75th anniversary of the start of the Korean War.
"Creating a country that will never experience war again is the right way to respond to the sacrifices and dedication of so many people," Lee wrote in a Facebook post.
"The most certain form of security is a state where there is no need to fight -- in other words, creating peace," he wrote. "The era of relying solely on military power to protect the country is over. What matters more than winning a war is preventing one."
The Korean War broke out on June 25, 1950, when North Korean troops invaded South Korea across the 38th parallel -- a story that UPI Seoul bureau manager Jack James was the first in the world to report.
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