North Korea Holds 76th Anniversary Celebration Of The Establishment Of The DPRK

Commemoration of the 76th anniversary of the establishment of the DPRK. (Source: KCNA)

JAKARTA - North Korea is holding a celebration marking the country's 76th anniversary, with senior officials visiting a tomb to pay tribute to the country's late former leader, state media reported on Monday.

Prime Minister Kim Tok-hun and other important officials visited the Kumsusan Sun Palace on Sunday, where the bodies of the current leader's father, Kim Jong-il, and grandfather Kim Il-sung are buried, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA), reported by The Korea Times September 9.

North Korean leaders visited the tomb in 2012, 2018, and 2021 to mark the September 9th anniversary, but he appears to have missed the visit this year, given that there have been no such media reports.

The People's Democratic Republic of North Korea (DPRK) was founded on September 9, 1948 by Kim Il-sung, setting the date as the country's founding day.

North Korea also held outdoor gatherings and a night party in Pyongyang on Sunday to commemorate the anniversary, KCNA said.

The event brought together "labor innovators and meritorious people from various fields" across the country as well as veteran cadres, he said.

Among the attendees was also a guest delegation from a Korean association living in Japan.

It is known, North Korea usually holds military parades on every commemoration of the fifth or tenth major holiday.

Last year, North Korea held a paramilitary parade centered around its reserve forces to commemorate the country's 75th anniversary. In an extraordinary warning, the country held a civilian-paramilitary parade on September 9, 2021, on its 73rd anniversary.