
North Koreans go to the statues of former North Korean Leaders Kim Il-sung, left, and Kim Jong-il, proper, on the event of the Lunar New Yr in Pyongyang, on this photograph supplied by the Korean Central Information Company, Jan. 30. Yonhap
North Korea has begun celebrations for the anniversary of late former chief Kim Jong-il’s birthday, a nationwide vacation, by opening a commemorative photograph exhibition, based on state media on Tuesday.
The Korean Central Information Company (KCNA) reported that the photograph exhibition commemorating Kim opened the day before today at Pyongyang’s Folks’s Palace of Tradition, forward of his birthday on Feb. 16.
Each his birthday and that of late nationwide founder Kim Il-sung, on April 15, are noticed as nationwide holidays in North Korea.
The exhibition displayed images and movies of not solely Kim Jong-il but additionally his son and present chief Kim Jong-un, with the KCNA emphasizing the achievements of each.
On the finish of final month, North Korea printed postage stamps commemorating the 83rd anniversary of the late chief’s delivery, kicking off celebrations for the event.
This yr, nonetheless, North Korean state media haven’t used the reverent time period „the Day of the Shining Star“ for Kim Jong-il’s birthday.
For Kim Il-sung’s birthday final yr, North Korea additionally withheld the same time period „the Day of the Solar,“ as an alternative referring to it merely as „April 15.“
South Korea’s unification ministry has assessed that such strikes might have been an effort to cut back the present chief’s reliance on his ancestors for authority and strengthen his standing as a standalone chief. (Yonhap)