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First Full Moon Day Observed in DPRK

Date: 04/03/2026 | Source: KCNA.kp (En) | Read original version at source

Pyongyang, March 4 (KCNA) -- The first full moon day (January 15th of the lunar calendar), a folk holiday, added pleasure and optimism to the DPRK people.

The folk holiday is greeted every year, but everyone greeted the first full moon day of this year, when the blueprint for a new great victory was unveiled, with unusual emotion and pride.

People's laughter and songs resounded far in all parts of the country on the pleasant holiday.

Families and neighbors gathered together to eat traditional holiday dishes such as boiled rice admixed with four other staple cereals and play folk games with zest.

Looking round the Rangnang Museum built in a peculiar way in Pyongyang, the working people, youth and students realized that the time-honored history, brilliant culture and excellent traditions of the Korean people are invariably kept and shining under the leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea.

On the same day, Okryu Restaurant, Chongryu Restaurant, Kyongamsan Noodle House in Sariwon, Sinhung Restaurant in Hamhung, Kaesong Folk Hotel and other public catering establishments in Pyongyang and regions were crowded with citizens enjoying the holiday with several kinds of special dishes.

The laughter of working people, youth and students was heard at the Central Zoo, the Natural History Museum and other leisure facilities.

On the night of the folk holiday, the people across the country committed themselves to working harder for the steady prosperity and development of the powerful country, true to the decisions of the Ninth Congress of the WPK. -0-

www.kcna.kp (2026.03.04.)

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