An artistic performance was given at the plaza of the Arch of Triumph on August 14, adding to the joy and excitement of celebrating with splendour the significant holiday, in which all victories and glories of socialist Korea and the 80 years of the independent power originated, as a grand political festival to be specially recorded in the history of the country.

Though 80 years have passed since the country’s liberation, the historic foot of Moran Hill still tells about the cheers of a new Korea for the saviour of the Korean people, the peerlessly great man, whom they greeted for the first time in their history spanning 5 000 years. It was filled with the great dignity and honour of the participants as they recollected with the pride in the history of building a thriving nation for 80 years.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un enjoyed the performance.

When Kim Jong Un appeared at the auditorium together with Vyacheslav Volodin, speaker of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, stormy cheers were raised.

Among the audience were members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea, leading officials of the Party, government and armed forces organs, chief secretaries of provincial committees of the Party, descendants of those related to the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle, officials of ministries and national agencies, officials and persons of merits in Pyongyang, service personnel of the Korean People’s Army, students of revolutionary schools and Pyongyang citizens and youth and students.

Members of the delegations of the State Duma and the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation and the Russian ambassador to the DPRK and the staff members of his embassy also enjoyed the performance.

Overseas Korean compatriots visiting their socialist homeland on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of Korea’s liberation took their seats.

There was a collective landing stunt of paratroopers, decorating the prelude to the performance.

The paratroopers, who were dropped from the altitude of 4 500 metres, displayed high stunts with their controlled parachutes, decorating the nocturnal sky like dazzling flowers as a gift to the glorious history of their motherland.

When the national flag of the DPRK fluttered by a paratrooper approached nearer, picturing the proud days when the Korean people have advanced to the acme of a powerful country, braving many difficulties and ordeals that no one had ever experienced, the participants paid respect to the sacred national flag with applause and cheers.

Put on the stage were colourful numbers including all-people hymns to the leaders, revolutionary songs and famous songs on the theme of patriotism.

The stage, filled with solemn memories, resounded with revolutionary songs and other songs created in the period of the anti-Japanese war depicting the images of the heroic anti-Japanese forerunners recorded on the first page of the history of the Korean revolution.

The audience enthusiastically applauded the famous songs full of strong desire to add to the absolute dignity and glory of the DPRK with the might, which the Korean people have built up for 80 years and demonstrated before the world for the dignity and honour of their most precious country as desired by the revolutionary forerunners, though many years had passed since Korea’s liberation on August 15.

A medley of Russian songs specially prepared for the envoys of friendship added more colours to the performance.

The songs were acclaimed by the audience as they reflected the bravery and stubbornness, ardent patriotism and optimism of the Russian army and people fighting for the sovereignty and dignity of their country and peace and security of the planet.

The performance which demonstrated the friendship and solidarity growing more intense on the road of accomplishing the common cause of aspiring to the building of a prosperous and powerful state, ended with the national anthem of the Russian Federation.

When the performance was over, fireworks were set off decorating the nocturnal sky.

The performance left a deep impression in the hearts of the audience as it represented the pride and self-confidence in the heroic course of Juche Korea which was pioneered and has won victory after victory by dint of the spirit and mettle of Paektu and the firm faith and strong stamina to dynamically write the history of the great power with ardent patriotic loyalty and indomitable will.