Pyongyang: North Korean leader Kim Jong Un visited the mausoleum of his grandfather, Kim Il Sung, on April 15th on the occasion of the 102nd birth anniversary of the country’s late founding leader.
The anniversary known as the Day of the Sun, is a major holiday for North Koreans. Many have gather to pledge their loyalty and pay respects at portraits or statues of the late leader.
State television has shown Kim Jong Un, accompanying by senior military officials, at Pyongyang’s Kumsusan Palace, where the embalmed body of his grandfather is being displayed.
The body of Kim’s father and predecessor, Kim Jong Il, also lies in state at the palace. The three generations of Kim leaders hold an almost God-like status in North Korea.
At South Korea’s defense ministry, spokesman Kim Min-Seok said the North’s celebrations appeared to be less elaborate than in past years, when the day served as a show of military strength.

video on the celebrations of the day of the sun