{"id":242035,"date":"2024-03-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-03-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/taiwannewswire.com\/?guid=1389114a22551b75411d9fe38e55b3a1"},"modified":"2024-03-27T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2024-03-27T00:00:00","slug":"n-korea-to-hold-arts-festival-marking-late-founders-birth-anniversary","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/taiwannewswire.com\/n-korea-to-hold-arts-festival-marking-late-founders-birth-anniversary\/","title":{"rendered":"N. Korea to hold arts festival marking late founder’s birth anniversary"},"content":{"rendered":"
\n SEOUL, North Korea said Wednesday it will hold an international arts festival next month on the occasion of the 112th birth anniversary of the country’s late founder Kim Il-sung.<\/p>\n
Overseas troupes have sent videos of their prerecorded performances, which will be edited and broadcast on television and online, the Korean Central News Agency said.<\/p>\n
North Korea celebrates the birthdays of its two late leaders — current leader Kim Jong-un’s grandfather and father, Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il — as two of its most important holidays.<\/p>\n
The North has invited overseas troupes biennially to mark the late founder’s birthday on April 15 but canceled the event in 2020 in the wake of COVID-19 and held the event virtually in 2022.<\/p>\n
North Korea has yet to officially confirm or designate the birthday of Kim Jong-un, presumed to be born on Jan. 8, 1984, as a national holiday.<\/p>\n
Source: Yonhap News Agency<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
SEOUL, North Korea said Wednesday it will hold an international arts festival next month on the occasion of the 112th birth anniversary of the country’s late founder Kim Il-sung.<\/p>\n
Overseas troupes have sent videos of their prerecorded performances, w…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"\n