Thousands gathered in the capital of North Korea to celebrate Kim Jong Un’s grandfather’s birthday.
Kim Il Sung’s birthday is the most important national holiday in North Korea, as he is the man who founded the country in 1948.
The nation has been ruled by the Kim family under a dictatorship for 74 years.
A choreographed display of loyalty took place in Kim Il Sung Square, in Pyongyang, while Mr Kim was swinging from a balcony.
Ri Il Hwan, a member of the ruling Labor Party’s Politburo, called for loyalty during a speech, saying North Koreans ‘will always come out victorious’ under Mr Kim’s leadership.
People marched with red plastic flowers, floats and political slogans before dancers performed in the square and fireworks were set off.
North Korea has apparently chosen not to show off its military weapons amid tensions over its nuclear arsenal.
The recent and impending arms activity is thought to be a tactic to force the US to comply with North Korea’s wishes to become an accepted nuclear power.
But the Biden administration is apparently dealing with the war in Ukraine and the rise of China as a world power.
Mr Kim will also seek to rebuild the support of his people, as he has promised to develop nuclear weapons and free North Korea from the US economic sanctions that currently plague the economy. land crippled.
