Kim Jong-un Honors Predecessors at mausoleum on Party Anniversary
Pyongyang, North Korea – North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun on Monday, paying respects too his grandfather, kim Il-sung, and father, Kim Jong-il, on the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK). State news agency KCNA reported that Kim presented “the great glory won by the party and state to the great leaders.”
The Kumsusan Palace of the Sun houses the embalmed remains of the North’s founder, Kim Il-sung, and his son, Kim Jong-il.
The visit followed a week of celebratory events marking the October 10th anniversary, which included a military parade and where attended by international delegates such as Chinese Premier Li Qiang and Vietnamese leader To Lam.
According to KCNA, Kim stated, “The revolutionary exploits of the great leaders who laid a solid cornerstone for the durable existence and victorious progress of our party and state will be immortal along with the steady prosperity of socialist Korea.” he affirmed a commitment to upholding the achievements of his predecessors, declaring, ”There will be no veering and deviation in this road.”
Kim also pledged to dedicate himself ”to the sacred struggle for realizing the prosperity of the DPRK and the ideal of the people,” referencing the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, North Korea’s official name.
This is not the first time Kim has visited the mausoleum to commemorate a party anniversary, having done so previously for the 70th in 2015 and the 75th in 2020.
