This year marks the 76th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from the military occupation of Japan. The Korean people praise President Kim Il Sung as a hero of the nation for saving the destiny of the nation from the Japanese military occupation. Born to a peasant family on April 15, 1912, he received patriotic education in his childhood. He formed the Down-with-Imperialism Union in October 1926, and held the banner of armed resistance against the Japanese colonialists by forming a guerrilla army in April 1932. He fought with the steadfast will to liberate his country and by employing extraordinary tactics, thus achieving national liberation on August 15, 1945. The anti-Japanese war was an struggle by relying on the people with the faith that the country could be liberated if all the Korean ...
Enlarged Meeting of Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for Supporting Peaceful Reunification of Korea Held Pyongyang, June 9 (KCNA) — An enlarged meeting of the Asia-Pacific Regional Committee for Supporting Peaceful Reunification of Korea took place through video conferencing. Peter Woods, co-chairman of the Committee and Asia-Pacific ambassador of the United Cities and Local Governments, made a report at the meeting. He recalled that the committee, as befitting its mission, has organized regional and international online seminars on the important occasions of the DPRK over the past five years to praise the immortal exploits of President Kim Il Sung, Chairman Kim Jong Il and the respected ComradeKim Jong Un. The committee has extended support and encouragement to the Korean people̵...
President Kim Il Sung’s Great Devotion for People Pyongyang, April 10 (KCNA) — The Korean people have celebrated April 15, birthday of President Kim Il Sung, as the Day of the Sun. April 15 is one of the greatest national holidays to the people. But it was a “working day” for the President who had devoted his all to the people’s happiness. At early dawn of April 15, Juche 43 (1954), his first birthday after the Fatherland Liberation War, the President visited an agricultural cooperative in Junghwa County, which was included in South Phyongan Province at that time. He sat together with officials and members of the cooperative at the edge of a field to discuss farm work and indicated the orientation and ways for the cooperative to follow. That day, he went round...