Jan. 5, 2025 Sunday  
Rodong Sinmun
DPRK People Significantly Greet New Year

Culture 2025.1.3.



The people of the DPRK significantly greeted the new year 2025.

An endless stream of visitors with intense loyalty and deep yearning flew into the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the sacred temple of Juche where President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il lie in state.

The visitors made New Year greetings to the eternal images of the great leaders at the plaza of the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun.

Working people, service personnel, school youth and children laid floral baskets, bouquets and flowers at the statues of the President and the Chairman on Mansu Hill and other parts of the country and mosaics depicting the peerlessly great men.

Children and pupils of primary schools across the country received gifts associated with the loving care of the Workers’ Party of Korea on the occasion of the New Year.

The Korean feature film "Day and Night of Confrontation", a sequel to "One Day and One Night", was screened at the film-show units across the country.

Colorful performances were given in Pyongyang and local areas to rev up the festive mood.

The working people, pupils and students and children enjoyed themselves at the people’s cultural recreation grounds including the Central Zoo, the Natural History Museum and the Munsu Water Park.

Public catering establishments across the country including Okryu Restaurant in Pyongyang and Sinhung Restaurant in Hamhung were crowded with visitors.

The pleasant smell of roast chestnut and sweet potato, served at outdoor stalls in different parts of the capital city, added to the festive mood.

Congratulatory cards were served at the greeting card and souvenir shops in Pyongyang and congratulatory cards and mobile phone messages exchanged between parents and their children, teachers and their disciples, relatives and friends across the country.

The streets of Pyongyang and other parts of the country were decorated with peculiar lights.

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