North Korea held mass anti-US rallies nationwide on Sunday to mark the 73rd anniversary of the start of the Korean War.

Ruling Workers' Party newspaper Rodong Sinmun reported on Monday that about 120,000 workers and students took part in events in the capital Pyongyang.

A participant said in a speech that North Koreans "have firmly grasped the strongest absolute weapon to punish the US imperialists and the war deterrence for self-defense which no enemy dares provoke."

Participants also held marches at the venues, holding placards with the slogan "The entire US mainland is within range of our missiles."

The slogan was accompanied by illustrations of various ballistic missiles attacking the United States mainland.

This is the second straight year that North Korea has held anti-US rallies on the anniversary of the beginning of the Korean War, which broke out on June 25, 1950 when the country's troops invaded South Korea. The US-led United Nations forces fought on the side of South Korea.

Rodong Sinmun also stated that the country will push forward to achieve the party's economic goals with a determination to take a decisive blow to its enemy.