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Josh Smith

North Korea celebrates founder with dance, music but no report of military parade

FILE PHOTO: General view of celebrations marking the late leader Kim Il Sung's birthday in Pyongyang, North Korea, in this photo released on April 14, 2019 by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KCNA). KCNA via REUTERS

North Korea celebrated the 110th anniversary of the birth of late founder Kim Il Sung on Friday with fireworks and an evening gala in Pyongyang's main square, with thousands of people in colourful traditional dress singing and dancing.

"The Day of the Sun" is North Korea's biggest annual public holiday. Kim, who died in 1994, founded the authoritarian regime now led by his grandson, Kim Jong Un.

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