Festivities commemorating the 68^th anniversary of Korea’s liberation from Japanese colonial rule remained one of the most significant events reported on this week in domestic North Korean news. Sport, in the form of a soccer championship, was also a prevalent theme. Soccer matches were held in Pyongyang to mark the 65^th anniversary of the DPRK’s foundation and for Youth Day. The KCNA also reported on a group New Zealand motorcyclists who began a bike tour of North Korea.

Korean Liberation Day