Politics

There were receptions at the People's Palace of Culture and Okryu Restaurant on July 27 in celebration of the 73rd anniversary of the victory in the Fatherland Liberation War.

Present there at invitation were war veterans and persons of wartime merit who took part in the celebrations of Victory Day.

Pak Thae Song, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and premier of the DPRK Cabinet, other senior officials of the Party and government and leading officials of the armed forces organs, were present.

Congratulatory speeches were made.

Speakers extended warm congratulations and greetings to the war veterans and persons of wartime merit, kind benefactors and dear revolutionary seniors, who laid the durable foundation for the beloved motherland DPRK to be eternally strong and prosperous.

They said that the strenuous efforts and ardent patriotic aspirations of all the people, who have ushered in a new era of overall national prosperity, and the heroic self-sacrificing spirit of the admirable sons of this country, who dedicated their youth to the dignity and honour of the country, have their origin in the spirit of the great July 27.

The participants toasted the well-being of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un who is the banner of mightiness and victory of Juche Korea and the destiny and future of the Korean people, the immortality of the great V-Day of July 27 and the health of war veterans and persons of wartime merit.