North Korea's Kim Jong-un Takes Commemorative Photos with Veterans at 'Victory Day' Events, Calling Them 'Spiritual Pillar'

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un met with war veterans and wartime contributors who attended the events marking the armistice agreement signing date (July 27) yesterday (the 28th) and took commemorative photos with them.

Meeting and encouraging the veterans, Chairman Kim said, "It is a great joy for our party, state, and people that the wartime generation, who engraved our country's heroic status and reputation in history, still stands before us as the embodiment and witness of miraculous victory," the Korean Central News Agency reported today (the 29th).

Chairman Kim "repeatedly wished good health and longevity to the precious war veterans and wartime contributors, who serve as an infinite strength and spiritual pillar that no one else can replace."

Claiming victory in fighting the United States in the Korean War, North Korea celebrates the signing date of the armistice agreement every year as the "Day of Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War" (Victory Day).

Marking the 73rd anniversary of the armistice this year, Chairman Kim extensively commemorated Victory Day by visiting cemeteries equivalent to North Korea's national cemetery and personally attending events such as military parades and commemorative performances.

He also brought his daughter, Ju-ae, to the Victory Day events for the first time.

The invited war veterans and wartime contributors gathered in Pyongyang on the 25th and have been participating in various events.

The celebratory atmosphere continued in various places on this day as well.

The Rodong Sinmun reported that a resolution meeting was held in front of the Fatherland Liberation War Martyrs Cemetery, the equivalent of North Korea's national cemetery, attended by Workers' Party Secretary Ju Chang-il, war veterans, children from the Socialist Patriotic Youth League, Mangyongdae Revolutionary School, and Chilgol Revolutionary School, as well as students from Pyongyang.

Participants "made a solemn resolution to build a thriving and prosperous socialist powerhouse on this land under the leadership of the Party Central Committee," the newspaper reported.

Baek Eun-chul, chairman of the Central Committee of the Socialist Patriotic Youth League who stepped up as a reporter, propagated the significance of Victory Day, stating, "July 27 of victory is a historic holiday that defeated the arrogant aggressors, defended the sacred dignity and sovereignty of the country, and bestowed a precious ideological and spiritual asset that our new generations must firmly inherit."

The "Commemorative Performance for the 73rd Anniversary of Victory in the Fatherland Liberation War," which Kim Jong-un and his daughter watched together with the veterans, was staged again in Pyongyang.

The Rodong Sinmun reported that wartime songs and hymns of victory were performed, which "doubled the will of the succeeding generation to further elevate the great victory of Korea."

(Photo: Yonhap News)
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