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During some years, certain dates related with the Kim regime are additionally designated as public holidays for propaganda purposes. In the 2014 version of the North Korean calendar, "Generalissimo Day" (대원수추대일) briefly became a holiday that honors when Kim Jong Il posthumously received the title "Generalissimo of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea" in 2012.
The Day of the Sun ( Korean : 태양절; MR : T'aeyang-jŏl) is an annual public holiday in North Korea on 15 April, the birth anniversary of Kim Il Sung, founder and Eternal President of North Korea. [ 2] It is the most important national holiday in the country, [ 3] and is considered to be the North Korean equivalent of Christmas. [ 4]
The Day of Songun ( Korean : 선군절; MR : Sŏn'gun-jŏl[ 1]) is a public holiday in North Korea celebrated on 25 August annually to commemorate the beginning of Kim Jong Il 's Songun (military-first) leadership in 1960. In 2013, Kim Jong Un elevated the holiday to an official status on the North Korean calendar, on par with the Day of the ...
Kwangbokchŏl. The National Liberation Day of Korea is a public holiday celebrated annually on 15 August in both South and North Korea. It commemorates the day when Korea was liberated from 35 years of Japanese colonial rule by the Allies in 1945. The day also coincides with the anniversary of the founding of South Korea in 1945.
Lunar New Year. Sebae (New Year's greetings), Charye (ancestral ceremony), Yunnori (traditional game) 1st day of first month. Tteokguk (rice cake soup), Yakgwa (honey cakes) Daeboreum. First full moon. Geuybulnori (rice field burning), Daljip Taeugi (bonfire), Aengmagi Taeugi (talisman burning) 15th day of first month.
Dano (festival) Dano ( Korean : 단오 ), also called Surit-nal ( 수릿날 ), is a Korean traditional holiday that falls on the 5th day of the fifth month of the lunar Korean calendar. It is an official holiday in North Korea and one of the major traditional holidays in South Korea. South Korea has retained several festivals related to the ...
Day of Songun. Day of the Foundation of the Republic. Day of the Shining Star. Day of the Sun. Day of Victory in the Great Fatherland Liberation War.
The Day of the Shining Star ( Korean : 광명성절; Hancha : 光明星節; MR : Kwangmyŏngsŏng-jŏl) is a public holiday in North Korea falling on 16 February, the anniversary of the birth of the country's second leader, Kim Jong Il. Along with the Day of the Sun, the birthday of his father Kim Il Sung, it is the most important public ...