calendar>>August 14. 2015 Juche 104
DPRK's Important Days Marked in Switzerland, Iran
Pyongyang, August 14 (KCNA) -- A celebration and film show were held in Switzerland and round-table talks and film show in Iran on Aug. 8 and 9 on the occasion of the Day of Songun and the 70th anniversary of Korea's liberation.

Films shown included Korean films "The Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum" and "Masikryong Ski Resort".

Martin Lotscher, chairman of the Switzerland-Korea Committee and chairman of the Swiss preparatory committee for celebrating the 70th anniversaries of the Workers' Party of Korea and Korea's liberation, said that leader Kim Jong Il resolutely smashed the U.S. imperialists' moves for provoking a new war, reliably defended socialist Korea and turned the DPRK into an invincible political and military power.

The chairman of the Al Hadi Islam Propaganda Organization of Iran noted that President Kim Il Sung was a peerless patriot and hero of the nation who embarked on the national liberation struggle against the Japanese imperialists in his teens and liberated Korea from their colonial rule.

A congratulatory message to Marshal Kim Jong Un was adopted at an event held in Switzerland.

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