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On the Day of the Sun that year, current leader Kim Jong Un gave his first public speech. [14] Massive military parades are held on the Day of the Sun and the country's most advanced weapons are displayed. [15] In 2012 North Korea conducted a failed missile test [14] and the new KN-08 missile was introduced in a parade. [8]
During some years, certain dates related with the Kim regime are additionally designated as public holidays for propaganda purposes. In the 2014 version of the North Korean calendar, "Generalissimo Day" (대원수추대일) briefly became a holiday that honors when Kim Jong Il posthumously received the title "Generalissimo of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" in 2012.
In Korea, it has been widely transmitted orally under titles such as Brother and sister who became the Sun and Moon or The Sun and the Moon. The earliest recorded and reported material is the contents presented above, which is The Sun and the Moon [7] (written by Zong In Sob), narrated by O Su-hwa in South Gyeongsang Province in 1911.
A senior official spoke at the meeting, according to KCNA, saying that North Korea would overcome all difficulties and always emerge victorious."The Day of the Sun" is North Korea's biggest annual ...
Generalissimo Day (14 February), [1] Loyalty Festival (between 16 February and 15 April), Day of the Sun (15 April), [2] Day of Songun (25 August) [1] The Day of the Shining Star ( Korean : 광명성절 ; Hancha : 光明星節 ; MR : Kwangmyŏngsŏngjŏl ) is a public holiday in North Korea falling on 16 February, the anniversary of the birth ...
In 2013, Kim Jong Un elevated the holiday to an official status on the North Korean calendar, on par with the Day of the Sun (birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung). Thus it became the holiday associated with Kim Jong Un, with his own birthday still missing from the official calendar. This has helped to further Kim Jong Un's charismatic rule. [2]
In Korea, it has been widely transmitted orally under titles such as Brother and sister who became the Sun and Moon or The Sun and the Moon. The earliest recorded and reported material is the contents presented above, which is The Sun and the Moon [7] (written by Zong In Sob), narrated by O Su-hwa in South Gyeongsang Province in 1911.
The Kumsusan Palace of the Sun (Korean: 금수산태양궁전), formerly the Kumsusan Memorial Palace (금수산기념궁전), is a building near the northeast corner of the city of Pyongyang that serves as the mausoleum for Kim Il Sung, first Supreme Leader and founder of North Korea, and for his son Kim Jong Il, whose preserved bodies have been displayed publicly since their death.