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Two-minute silence marked Remembrance Day in United Kingdom

PM Cameron laid a wreath at a British Army memorial in South Korea

Millions of people across the UK held a two-minute silence at 11am on the 11th day of the 11th month to mark Remembrance Day, or Armistice Day.

The silence remembers all the people who've died in wars since World War I.

A service was held at London's Cenotaph memorial for the 90th time. Among those there were the Archbishop of Canterbury, war heroes and school kids.

The date of 11 November is chosen because it is the day that World War I ended back in 1918.

Those remembered include the 111 servicemen killed in Afghanistan in the past year.

There was also a big public event in London's Trafalgar Square featuring celebrities such as pop band The Saturdays.

Prime Minister David Cameron marked the day by laying down a wreath at a war memorial in South Korea, the site of the British Army's bloodiest battle since the end of WWII - at the Imjin River.

The British PM who is in Korea for a G20 summit, spent several moments in contemplation at the memorial in what is now known by Koreans as Gloster Valley.

On Sunday it is Remembrance Sunday, when there will be a national ceremony at the Cenotaph in London.

There will also be a big parade with more than 7,000 war veterans taking part.