calendar>>August 25. 2015 Juche 104
Day of Songun Marked in DPRK
Pyongyang, August 25 (KCNA) -- Events were held with splendor in the DPRK to mark the 55th anniversary of leader Kim Jong Il's start of the Songun revolutionary leadership.

An endless stream of people visited the plaza of the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the sacred temple of Juche, where President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il lie in state.

They paid tribute to the portraits of the smiling great leaders after entering the park.

They spent meaningful time at the plaza park successfully built as a grand flower garden for immortality of the great leaders.

Service personnel, peoples of various social strata and school youth and children visited the statues of the great leaders and portraits of the smiling great leaders on Mansu Hill and in various places.

Art performances were given in various parts of the country.

Colorful acrobatic numbers were staged at the Pyongyang Circus Theater.

Diverse sports and cultural events took place at organs, enterprises, factories, cooperative farms and construction sites including the Kim Jong Suk Pyongyang Textile Mill and the construction site of the stockbreeding base in Sepho area.

Dancing parties of youths and students took place in various parts of the country.

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