Hundreds of thousands of North Koreans celebrated the 110th anniversary of the birth of the country’s founder. Kim Il-sung With a parade where, as some experts have already noted, the Armed Forces are absent.
North Korean leader and founder’s grandson, Kim Jong-un, led the celebrations that started on Friday in the country’s capital Pyongyang, in the square he shared his grandfather’s name on. marketwith fireworks and a big dance show.
The public holiday is celebrated in previous commemorations of Kim Il-sung’s birth, especially the centennial and 105th anniversary of his birth, marked with a military display.
After the parade, Kim and his wife, Ri Solju, This Saturday, they visited Kumsusan’s Palace of the Sun, the mausoleum where the bodies of their deceased grandfathers and fathers lie. Kim Jong-il.
Experts consulted by the official South Korean news agency, Yonhap, tattoo It’s for this year’s anniversary, despite the wave of ballistic tests North Korea has had since the beginning of the year.
However, acting spokesperson for the Ministry of Unification of South Korea, Cha Duck-chul, He acknowledged the possibility of North Korea dedicating its military parade to April 25, the anniversary of the founding of the North Korean People’s Revolutionary Army, the country’s Armed Forces.