Pride of People Who Usher in New Era of Prosperous and Powerful Nation

KPRA Birthday Marked in Different Parts of DPRK

All the people and service personnel in the DPRK significantly celebrated the ９３rd founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army (KPRA).

An endless stream of people visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the sacred temple of Juche where President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il lie in state.

Entering the plaza park of the palace, the visitors paid the highest tribute to Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il who opened up the sacred origin of the Juche revolution and provided a powerful military guarantee for the prosperity of all generations.

The people and service personnel visited the statues of the great leaders and mosaics depicting their images on Mansu Hill and in different parts of the country to lay flower baskets and bouquets before the statues and mosaics of the peerlessly great sages and pay deep homage to them.

Many people visited the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt Taesong, which reminded them of the strong revolutionary faith and indomitable will of the forerunners who covered the long journey of blizzards of Mt Paektu, holding the President as the centre of unity and leadership in the pioneering period of the Korean revolution.

Officials, working people and schoolchildren across the country visited the service personnel defending the country impregnably, the families of war veterans and honored disabled soldiers to share joy of the holiday.

Colorful art performances were given at theatres in Pyongyang and regions.

Open-air performances were given in different parts of the capital city, revving up the festive atmosphere.

Colorful performances were given in South Phyongan, South Hwanghae, Kangwon and South Hamgyong provinces and Nampho Municipality.

On the same day, public catering units across the country gave diverse holiday services to people and the Central Zoo, the Natural History Museum, the Amusement Park of Kaeson Youth Park and other cultural and leisure bases were full of happy laughter of the working people who spent a pleasant time.

Dancing Party of Women Held in DPRK

A dancing party of women’s union officials and members in the DPRK took place at the plaza of the Arch of Triumph on April ２５, the ９３rd founding anniversary of the Korean People’s Revolutionary Army.

When the dancing party began amid the playing of the song "Long Live Generalissimo Kim Il Sung", the participants danced, extending the glory to President Kim Il Sung who successfully organized and led the death-defying war of resistance against imperialism by founding the revolutionary armed forces and thus accomplished the historic cause of national liberation.

Resounded at the venue of the dancing party were revolutionary songs full of the indomitable will and noble spiritual world of the forerunners who invariably covered the road of the arduous anti-Japanese war.

Dancing to the tune of songs "Our General Is the Best" and "The General Star beyond the Clouds", the participants showed boundless reverence for Chairman Kim Jong Il who defended the dignity of the country and the destiny of the people.

They danced merrily out of the boundless glory and happiness of holding in high esteem the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who is demonstrating the national power and prestige of Juche Korea to the whole world while ushering in the greatest heyday of bolstering up the military muscle.

The dancing party, which showed the will of the officials and members of the women’s union to fully demonstrate the stamina of the Korean women, ended with the song "We Will Defend General Kim Jong Un with Our Lives".

Rodong Sinmun