North Korea Celebrates 81st Anniversary of Workers' Party: "Homeland's Dignity and Might at Highest Level"

North Korea marked the 81st founding anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea on Saturday, touting its past achievements and emphasizing loyalty to leader Kim Jong Un and the party to strengthen internal solidarity.

Rodong Sinmun, the party's official newspaper, published a front-page editorial on Saturday titled "The Great Mother, the Workers' Party of Korea," praising, "Both the legendary Chollima that soared through the postwar ashes and the socialist industrialization achieved in a short span of 14 years—compressing a path others took centuries to walk—were shining victories and miracles achieved by our homeland under the great party's outstanding leadership," and adding, "The dignity and might of our homeland have reached the highest peak today."

In particular, the paper highlighted key achievements such as the new 5,000-ton destroyer Kang Gon, commissioned last month, and the housing construction project in Pyongyang's Hwasong district, emphasizing, "The bright tomorrow of a powerful socialist nation that our party and people will uphold through the power of great unity is, therefore, not a prophecy or a hypothesis, but science and truth."

The Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) also carried an article titled "The Workers' Party of Korea Realizing the Ideals of the People," promoting that "upholding the noble will of the respected General Secretary, our party is dedicated to serving the people selflessly and making the dreams and ideals of the people blossom."

Officials of the party's central leadership organ, including members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee, visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun—where the bodies of late leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il lie in state—to pay tribute the previous day.

Floral baskets in the names of the Party Central Committee, the State Affairs Commission, the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, and the Cabinet were also placed before the statues of Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.

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