The Day of the Shining Star (Korean: 광명성절; Hancha: 光明星節; MR: Kwangmyŏngsŏng-jŏl) is a public holiday in North Korea falling on 16 February, the anniversary...
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Birthday (redirect from The history of celebrating birthdays)
holidays called the Day of the Sun and the Day of the Shining Star respectively. Washington's Birthday, commonly referred to as Presidents' Day, is a federal...
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Stadium. The participating columns were mostly historical columns from the war. Parades in honor of the Day of the Sun and the Day of the Shining Star: 2012...
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Public holidays in North Korea (redirect from North Korean National Day)
holiday in the country. The second most important is the Day of the Shining Star on 16 February, the birthday of Kim Jong Il. As of 2019[update], Kim Jong...
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Kim Il Sung), Day of the Shining Star (birthday of Kim Jong Il) and Party Foundation Day. Following the Liberation of Korea in 1945 by the Soviet and American...
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join the Korean Children's Union on the Day of the Shining Star (Kim Jong-il's birthday). It opens with onscreen text that reads: "The script of this...
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the birthday of former leader Kim Jong Il, known as the Day of the Shining Star. The two-month period between the Day of the Shining Star and the Day...
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Kim Ju-ae (category Children of heads of state)
marking the birth anniversary of Kim Jong Il, or the Day of the Shining Star. She appeared once again on 9 September 2023 at a parade marking the 75th anniversary...
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Sun (birthday of Kim Il Sung), Day of the Shining Star (birthday of Kim Jong Il) and Day of the Foundation of the Republic. 2015 marked the 70th anniversary...
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Taewonsu (redirect from 7 star rank)
Kim Jong-il was awarded the title posthumously on the occasion of his official 70th birthday (Day of the Shining Star). The insignia for taewonsu is...
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