North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un was greeted by huge crowds during the birthday celebrations of his grandfather, who founded the country.
But state media did not show military equipment on display, nor did they mention any statements or comments he made.
North Korea’s supreme leader was in Pyongyang for Sun Day, which honors the founder of the secret state, Kim II Sen, who was his grandfather.
Kim was filmed waving from a balcony overlooking Kim Il Sung Square, where thousands of people wearing red plastic flowers and floats with political slogans marched from below in a choreographed demonstration of loyalty to the Kim family, state media reported on Saturday.
Image: Thousands marched to celebrate the country’s founder Kim Il Sung
Later, young people performed a mass dance in the square, while fireworks set off from the nearby river bank lit up the night sky.
Satellite imagery shows that preparations have been made in recent weeks for a parade of missiles and other military equipment, which could be shown on April 25 as the country celebrates the anniversary of the founding of North Korea’s army.
Image: The celebrations took place in Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on Friday
Although there was no mention of the leader’s speeches, Ri Il Juan, a member of the Politburo of the ruling Workers’ Party, called for loyalty, saying North Koreans “will always emerge victorious” under Kim.
Image: Sun Day is the most important national holiday of the year
Kim Il Sung’s birthday is the most important national holiday in North Korea, where the Kim family has ruled under a strong cult of personality since the nation’s founding in 1948.
Celebrations marking his 110th birthday this week took place as his grandson revived the nuclear fringe to force the United States to accept North Korea as a nuclear power and lift crippling economic sanctions.
Image: This was the 110th anniversary of the birth of the late North Korean founder Kim Il Sung
Pyongyang is also expected to further escalate its weapons tests in the coming weeks or months, possibly including the resumption of nuclear explosion or missile tests over Japan, as it seeks a response from Washington, where the Biden administration is busy. the Russian war in Ukraine.
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