North Korea: U.S. military weapons from Korean War found

SEOUL, June 8 (UPI) -- North Korea said it has discovered a collection of U.S. military grade weapons dating from the Korean War.

Pyongyang's state-controlled media outlet KCNA made the announcement on Monday – and claimed the stockpile of weapons included unused landmines and hand grenades, Yonhap reported.

The weapons were unearthed at separate locations.

"Countless bombs, shells, landmines and grenades used by thieving U.S. imperialists during the Great Fatherland Liberation War have been discovered," KCNA said in a statement.

In the Changpung county of North Hwanghae province, North Korea claimed unused weapons, including three bombs, 47 unused shells, 45 hand grenades, 56 anti-personnel mines, 37 bullets were found in total, in the Kuhwa-ri and Sashi-ri districts.

South Korean media outlet Aju News reported the bombs discovered in North Hwanghae province weighed 60 kilograms, or more than 132 pounds.

In Kaesong, the site of an inter-Korea factory park, a one-meter long Japanese samurai sword was discovered, according to KCNA, in the Kaesong neighborhood of Bangjik-dong.

The discovery of the sword originating from the country that colonized Korea has "reignited outrage against the devilish Japanese imperialist murderers," KCNA said in its statement.

The Korean War was fought between 1950 and 1953, and armed combat began when the North Korean army invaded Seoul on June 25, 1950, when it crossed the 38th parallel that marked the boundaries of two separate governments formed in Seoul and Pyongyang.

More than 35,000 U.S. military personnel died during the war, and 2.5 million Korean civilians are believed to have perished during the conflict.