Youth Day (North Korea)

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North Korean children make music on Youth Day

The Youth Day is a North Korean Holidays and Remembrance Day. It is celebrated annually on August 28th as the anniversary of the founding of the Kimilsungist-Kimjongilist Youth Association in 1927.

Children rehearse the torchlight march for Youth Day

The official celebrations in Pyongyang include torch-lit marches with several thousand participants on Kim Il-sung Square .

See also

Web links

Commons : Youth Day in North Korea  - collection of images

Individual evidence

  1. North Korea: Torch Festival for the Beloved Leader Spiegel-Online Video from August 20, 2012