North Korea celebrates Kim Jong Il's 82nd birthday as a “nuclear state”. In North Korea, the birthday of Kim JongIl, the father of General Secretary Kim Jong Un, is considered the nation's biggest holiday.
The Labor Party's official newspaper Rodong Sinmun wrote in a front-page editorial that, with the United States and South Korea in mind, "We have eliminated the enemy's vicious challenges and pressure" Kim Yo Jong, Kim's sister, announced an unusual statement regarding relations with Japan on the night of the 15th.