China News Agency, Beijing, September 9th, China News: According to a report from the Korean Central News Agency on the 9th, to celebrate the 73rd anniversary of the founding of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Korea held a military parade at Kim Il Sung Square in the capital Pyongyang that day.

Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Council, attended the military parade.

  According to reports, at 0:00 on the 9th, Kim Jong Un stepped into the rostrum of the Parade Square and waved to the cheering troops and participants of the celebration.

  In his speech, Lee Il-hwan, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea and secretary of the Party’s Central Committee, said that today’s solemn military parade is the highest respect given by the sons and daughters of the Republic to the dear mother of the motherland.

  Li Rihuan emphasized that no challenge or difficulty can stop the heroes of our country and people from marching.

He pointed out that the government of the Republic will resolutely safeguard the dignity and fundamental interests of the people under any circumstances, and resolve everything on its own strength and in its own way based on the principle of self-reliance and self-reliance.

Every effort will be made to strengthen the People's Army, the pillar of national defense, and to elevate the main body and modernization of the defense industry to a higher level.

  The latest report from the KCNA shows that Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and President of the State, Russian President Putin, Cuban President Diaz-Canel, and Lao People’s Revolutionary Party Central Secretary and President Tong Lun and other leaders of many countries have been involved in the North Korean National Day. Congratulations to Kim Jong-un, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and Chairman of the State Council on the 73rd anniversary.

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