In this photo provided by the DPRK government, DPRK leader Kim Jong-un (center right) with his daughter (center left) attends a paramilitary parade ceremony marking the country’s 75th founding anniversary in Pyongyang, Sept 8, 2023. (KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY/KOREA NEWS SERVICE VIA AP)

SEOUL – The Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) held a paramilitary parade and a national meeting to celebrate the country's 75th founding anniversary, said the state news agency on Saturday.

The DPRK held the parade at the Kim Il Sung Square in its capital Pyongyang on Friday, with Kim Jong-un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, in attendance, according to the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA).

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This photo provided by the DPRK government shows a conference to celebrate the nation's 75th founding anniversary in Pyongyang, Sept 8. (KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY/KOREA NEWS SERVICE VIA AP)

In this photo provided by the government of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, DPRK leader Kim Jong-un (center right) with his daughter (center left) attends a paramilitary parade ceremony marking the country’s 75th founding anniversary in Pyongyang, Sept 8, 2023. (KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY/KOREA NEWS SERVICE VIA AP)

Members of the Russian Army Academic Song and Dance Ensemble, diplomatic envoys of China and Russia in Pyongyang were on the guest list, and a national meeting to mark the country's 75th birthday was held in Pyongyang on Friday, said the KCNA.

Kim Tok-hun, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, recollected the historic course of the DPRK's founding and development in a report addressing the national meeting. 

This photo by the DPRK government shows a paramilitary parade marking the country’s 75th founding anniversary at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, Sept 8, 2023. (KOREAN CENTRAL NEWS AGENCY/KOREA NEWS SERVICE VIA AP)

People visit the statues of former leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il on Mansu Hill in Pyongyang, marking the DPRK’s 75th founding anniversary, Sept 9, 2023. (PHOTO / AP)

He stressed the will of the DPRK government to "further consolidate the people's power and bolster up the overall national power”.

The DPRK premier asked all the civilians and military personnel to jointly build a prosperous and powerful country under the leadership of the country's ruling party.