North Korea calmly celebrates the 81st anniversary of the founding of the party... Kim Jong-un and Joo-ae watch a celebratory performance

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kwon Soo-hyun = On the 10th, the 81st anniversary of the founding of the Labor Party, unlike last year, the party's founding day was celebrated in a calm atmosphere with congratulatory performances without a military parade.

Chairman Kim Jong-un watched the celebratory performance with his wife Ri Sol-ju and daughter Joo-ae and did not make a separate speech or statement.

The Korean Central News Agency reported on the 11th that a celebration performance celebrating the 81st anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party was held at the Pyongyang Gymnasium the day before.

The Korean Central News Agency reported that Chairman Kim Jong-un watched the performance and sent congratulations to the participants.

Members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Party Central Committee, leading party and government officials, diplomatic representatives in North Korea, and members of the delegation watched the performance.

North Korean state media photos showed Chairman Kim's wife Ri Sol-ju and daughter Joo-ae watching the performance together.

The performance was decorated with a variety of stages that combined vocal music, dance, circus, gymnastics, and military musical ceremonies, etc. with the Labor Party's hymn, and ended with the North Korean national anthem.

The Korean Central News Agency reported that Chairman Kim expressed satisfaction with the performance and sent a warm response to the performers and viewers.

On this day, North Korean state media did not report Chairman Kim's speech, statement, or separate remarks.

Chairman Kim repeatedly emphasized his will to strengthen national defense capabilities at a military parade commemorating the founding of the party last year, and in 2024, he announced a separate statement calling for internal solidarity, including inheriting the party's founding ideology.

Last year, on the anniversary of the 80th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party, which was a year that falls apart every 5 or 10 years, North Korea held a military parade by inviting the second-highest figures in China and Russia, including Premier Li Chang of China and Vice Chairman of the Russian National Security Council Dmitry Medvedev, as well as the heads of state of Vietnam and Laos.

North Korea's state-run media continued the celebratory atmosphere by publishing articles about the party's founding date every day.

The Korean Central News Agency reported on this day that, around the founding day of the party, members of the party's central leadership organization, officials of the Central Committee, responsible officials of Pyongyang and other emergency agencies, and political workers of armed forces agencies visited the Party Founding Historic Site in the Jung district of Pyongyang.

The Korean Central News Agency reported that flower baskets in the name of organizations at all levels, including the party, government, and military, as well as enterprises and universities, were placed at the statues of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il on Mansudae Hill, and officials, workers, People's Army soldiers, and students also placed flowers at the statues of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il in various places.