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The Day of the Sun (Korean: 태양절; MR: T'aeyang-jŏl) is an annual public holiday in North Korea on 15 April, the birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, founder and Eternal President of North Korea. [2] It is the most important national holiday in the country, [3] and is considered to be the North Korean equivalent of Christmas. [4]
This is a list of public holidays in North Korea. See also the Korean calendar for a list of traditional holidays. As of 2017, the North Korean calendar has 71 official public holidays, including Sundays. [1] In the past, North Koreans relied on rations provided by the state on public holidays for feasts. Recently, with marketization people are ...
The name refers to "Arirang", a Korean folk story about a young couple who are torn apart, here intended to represent the division of Korea. The festival was held annually between 2002 and 2013, with the exception of 2006. In 2007, Roh Moo-hyun became the first South Korean President to attend the games during the 2007 inter-Korean summit.
Hosting the Youth Festival had long lasting consequences for the North Korean government and its worldwide standing. After funneling billions of dollars into the festival's production, North Korea ended up owing five billion dollars in foreign debt [citation needed] and was considered bankrupt by creditor nations.
Arirang Festival mass games display in Pyongyang. Mass games, such as the Arirang Mass Games, are performed annually in North Korea, at the Rungrado May Day Stadium, to celebrate national holidays such as the birthdays of former rulers Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il. In the 1990s, they were also held at the Kim Il-sung Stadium and the Pyongyang ...
The Rungrado 1st of May Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium occupying an area of 20.7 hectares (51 acres) on Rungra Island, Pyongyang, North Korea. It opened on 1 May 1989, with its first major event being the 13th World Festival of Youth and Students .
In 2014, former NBA star Dennis Rodman was in North Korea for Kim's birthday, and sang "Happy Birthday" to him at a basketball match in Pyongyang. But citizens were told only Rodman had "sung him ...
Category: Festivals in North Korea. 5 languages. ... Pyongyang International Film Festival; W. 13th World Festival of Youth and Students This page was ...