No 58/25
Aug 15, 2025
1. Celebration of 80th
Anniversary of Korea's Liberation Held
2. Respected Comrade Kim Jong
Un Visits Kumsusan Palace of Sun
3. Respected Comrade Kim Jong
Un Receives Congratulatory Letter from Russian President
Celebration of 80th Anniversary of Korea's Liberation Held
Pyongyang, August 15 (KCNA) -- All the
people across the DPRK are greeting the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation
with great pride and self-confidence as a great revolutionary auspicious event
as they are dynamically advancing along the road of independence,
self-sustenance and self-defence, ushering in a great new era of comprehensive
national rejuvenation under the leadership of the ever-victorious Workers'
Party of Korea.
The celebration of the 80th anniversary
of Korea's liberation took place in Pyongyang on August 14.
The Arch of Triumph Plaza was in
majestic appearance as it reflected the excitement and joy of the people who
became the masters of the new Korea and the immortal revolutionary feats and
annuals of miracle over the 80 years of building the country and defending its
sovereign rights. It was filled with jubilation of the people who are
demonstrating the dignity and might of a powerful country, upholding the
country's strong existence and steady development with the great revolutionary
traditions created in the flames of the anti-Japanese struggle as precious
wealth.
Kim Jong Un,
general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State
Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, attended the
celebration.
When the respected Comrade Kim Jong
Un arrived at the venue of the celebration amid the welcome music,
fireworks were set off and a lot of balloons flew to decorate the sky in
significant August.
All the participants raised the stormy
cheers of "Hurrah!", looking up to the outstanding leader of the
Juche revolution who put our socialist state on the top of the century as the
most powerful and dignified country and dynamically led the great historic
cause of realizing the ideals of the people along the road of brilliant victory
and glory.
Schoolchildren presented fragrant
bouquets to Kim Jong Un reflecting the unanimous desire of the people
across the country.
Schoolchildren presented bouquets to
senior officials of the Party, government and armed forces organs and
Byacheslav Volodin, speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation.
Present there were members of the
central leadership body of the Party, leading officials of ministries and
national agencies, descendants of those related to the anti-Japanese
revolutionary struggle, meritorious persons of socialist patriotism and other
officials, working people, youth and students in Pyongyang, service personnel
of the Korean People's Army, teaching staff and students of the revolutionary
schools.
Present there on invitation were members
of the delegation of the State Duma and the delegation of the Ministry of
Culture of the Russian Federation who are on a congratulatory visit to the DPRK
on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation, the Russian
ambassador to the DPRK and his embassy members.
Present there were overseas compatriots staying
in the socialist homeland including an expeditionary group of the General
Association of Koreans in China for a study tour of the revolutionary battle
sites in the area of Mt Paektu.
The DPRK national anthem was played
solemnly.
A 21-gun salute boomed.
Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium
of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, first
vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and chairman of the
Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, made a congratulatory
speech.
Noting that today we are greeting the
80th anniversary of Korea's liberation, the first precious victory in the
glorious history of the Korean revolution spanning nearly a century and an
epoch-making event in 5 000 years of history, the speaker paid immortal glory
and highest tribute to President Kim Il Sung who aroused the people, who had
been forced to suffer the disgrace and misfortune, to the anti-Japanese
national salvation and thus put an end to the colonial rule of the Japanese imperialism
and achieved the epochal cause of restoring the sovereignty.
He said that the 40-odd years of
struggle of our people for the independence of the country teaches the truth
that the country and people without correct leadership and strength cannot escape
the humiliation as a stateless nation and that the lost dignity can be regained
and defended only by the powerful internal forces of the people themselves
rallied close around the great leader.
Our state shows the world a new phase of
the gigantic advance of further promoting the overall national power under the
wise leadership of the great Comrade Kim Jong Un, he
said, stressing that thanks to the great people, the superior political system
embodying the people-first principle and the might united with patriotism, the
vigorous prosperity of our state will continue and communism desired by the
revolutionary forerunners will come true on this land.
Referring to the noble internationalist
spirit and distinguished military feats of the service personnel of the Soviet
Union who fought shoulder to shoulder with the Korean revolutionary army for
Korea's liberation, he said that the unity and comradeship forged at the cost
of blood in the struggle for the common cause are fully displayed in the battlefield
of the 21st century to frustrate the imperialists' outrageous arbitrary
practices and aggressive moves and are developing into a powerful alliance,
which is a clear proof of the eternal vitality of the DPRK-Russia friendship.
Choe Ryong Hae said that the
revolutionary forerunners who provided the mental heritage that makes people
rise up through any difficulties and paved the way for victory are infinitely
encouraging and pushing us towards the steady advance, calling upon all the
people to continue to wage a dynamic struggle for the eternal prosperity and
rejuvenation of the country firmly united with the great idea of patriotism and
the principle of our state first.
Byacheslav Volodin, speaker of the
State Duma of the Russian Federation, made a speech.
Saying that he was pleased to take part
in the grand celebration, he read a congratulatory letter sent to Comrade Kim
Jong Un, president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic
of Korea, by Comrade Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, president of the Russian
Federation, on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Korea's liberation.
Expressing the will to value the
Russia-DPRK friendly relations, to thoroughly implement all the provisions of
the Treaty on Comprehensive Strategic Partnership between the Russian
Federation and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, and to strive for the
development of the relations between the two countries, he wished the DPRK
people prosperity and happiness.
Kim Jong Un
made a significant speech on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Korea's
liberation.
Today's celebration, highly praising the
new birth of the DPRK and the sacred path of its development, is the
illumination of the times and a proud review of how the history of new Korea,
which has lasted 80 years together with the immortal spirit of bringing about a
turn in the destiny of the people, and the arduous resistance history spanning
tens of years can be positioned at the peak of dignity and honour, he said,
referring to the revolutionary character and political significance of the
cause of national liberation through which our people regained their
independent dignity.
Referring to the boundless reverence for
the great people who are possessed of the noble outlook on life regarding the
life devoted to the victory and glory of their country as the most valuable and
happiest life, Kim Jong Un stressed that no one can break such a
righteous, strong and self-respecting people and that a country built and
supported by such a patriotic and self-respectful people will be ever-powerful
and immortal.
Noting that the great history of the
dignity and glory of the DPRK people will shine forever generation after
generation, he ardently called for steadily and undauntedly overcoming the
challenges facing the DPRK for the great powerful country and the eternal
wellbeing and prosperity of our beloved country which will shine forth for all
ages.
When Kim Jong Un finished his
speech, enthusiastic cheers resounded which reflected the firm will of all the
participants to remain boundlessly loyal to the historic mission and duty of
their era and generation, while boundlessly loving and upholding the country
which provides them with genuine life and happiness.
The celebration ended with the playing
of the song "The Internationale".
The celebration was of great
significance as it fully demonstrated the unshakable faith and will of the DPRK
people to win without fail the final victory of the revolutionary cause of
Juche pioneered in Mt Paektu by redoubling the loyalty, patriotic traditions,
indomitable pioneering spirit and heroic stamina of upholding the sacred
history of our state with the years of proud victory and miracles under the
leadership of the great Comrade Kim Jong Un.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Kumsusan Palace of Sun
Pyongyang, August 15 (KCNA) -- All the
people across the DPRK significantly greeting the historic National Liberation
Day in the course of the sacred patriotic struggle to usher in the era of
comprehensive prosperity of our socialist state pay the highest tribute and
eternal glory to President Kim Il Sung, the national liberator and peerless
patriot.
Kim Jong Un,
general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs
of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, visited the Kumsusan Palace
of the Sun on August 14 on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Korea's
liberation.
Present there were Pak Thae Song and Jo
Yong Won, members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central
Committee, and other senior Party and government officials, chief secretaries
of provincial committees of the WPK, Party and administrative officials of
commissions and ministries and commanding officers of armed forces organs.
The flower basket presented by the
respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was laid before the statues of President Kim
Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il.
Also laid were flower baskets in the
name of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the State Affairs
Commission of the DPRK, the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly
of the DPRK and the Cabinet of the DPRK.
Kim Jong Un
paid high tribute to the statues of the great leaders.
Kim Jong Un
visited the halls where the great leaders lie in state and paid tribute to them
with the most reverence.
Saying that the national liberation
feats performed by the President who liberated the country through the
20-year-long anti-Japanese war, overcoming hardships and trials, and provided
the glorious history and traditions of the ever-victorious Korean revolution
will be immortal along with the victorious advance of the cause of Juche, he
expressed his solemn will to glorify the country, which is associated with the
noble desires of the great leaders, as the most powerful and dignified country
in the world and the people's ideal land.
All the participants pledged to remain
loyal to the ideology and leadership of Kim Jong Un, who is ushering
in a new era of great victory and great change of socialist Korea, and make a
single-minded efforts to accomplish the historic cause for the comprehensive
rejuvenation of our state and the promotion of the people's wellbeing.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Congratulatory Letter from
Russian President
Pyongyang, August 15 (KCNA) -- Kim
Jong Un, president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s
Republic of Korea, received a congratulatory letter from Vladimir Vladimirovich
Putin, president of the Russian Federation, on August 14.
The congratulatory letter is as follows:
I extend the warmest congratulations to
you on the occasion of the day of liberation, the national holiday of the
Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Eighty years ago, the Red Army units and
the units of the Korean patriots defeated the Kwantung Army and ended the
Japan's colonial rule in Korea.
What is important is that the bonds of
militant friendship, goodwill and mutual aid which were consolidated in the
days of the war long ago remain solid and reliable even today.
This was fully proved by the heroic
participation of the DPRK soldiers in liberating the territory of Kursk Region
from the Ukrainian occupationists.
The Russian people will keep forever the
memories of their bravery and self-sacrifice.
I am convinced that the thorough
implementation of the treaty on the comprehensive strategic partnership
concluded in Pyongyang last year will continue to promote the strengthening of
Russia-DPRK cooperation in all spheres.
Russia and the DPRK will, in the future,
too, act jointly and effectively defend their sovereignty and make a
significant contribution to establishing a just and multi-polarized world
order.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un,
I wish you good health and success in
your state activities and all your compatriots wellbeing and prosperity.
With best regards.
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