Day of DPRK War Victory Celebrated

The 66th anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War was celebrated across the DPRK

Citizens entered the plaza of the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the sacred temple of Juche where President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il lie in state, and paid tribute to the portraits of smiling Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.

Working people, youth and students and servicepersons visited the statues and cemeteries of martyrs, monuments to the fallen soldiers of the Korean People's Army, and the graves of martyrs in different parts of the country to pay tribute to the defenders of the great years who sacrificed their youth and life without hesitation for the one and only country.

Colourful celebration performances were given in Pyongyang and provinces on the occasion.

An acrobatic gymnastics competition between the men and women players of Korea University of Physical Education and the sports club under the Ministry of Commerce took place at the Athletics Gymnasium in Chongchun Street.

Meetings of trade union members, youth and students with war veterans took place in different parts of the country.