Overview

• He gave his first public Liberation Day speech at Pyongyang’s Arch of Triumph, emphasizing the “eternal vitality” of DPRK-Russia friendship.
• Russian State Duma Chairman Vyacheslav Volodin and an official Russian delegation attended, with a message from President Putin underscoring historical wartime bonds.
• He presided over wreath-laying ceremonies at the Revolutionary Martyrs Cemetery on Mt Taesong and the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, placing wreaths bearing his name and those of major state bodies.
• The commemorations featured a guard-of-honour, the national anthem, a moment of silence and a march-past by Korean People’s Army troops.
• Participants including senior Party and state figures pledged loyalty to his leadership and vowed to pursue comprehensive national rejuvenation under Juche principles.