Celebrations, book and photo exhibitions, receptions and film shows were held in the DPRK missions in China, Cuba, Mongolia, Laos, Vietnam, Nepal, Malaysia, Myanmar, Bangladesh, Syria, Cambodia, Thailand, Pakistan, Iran, Indonesia, India, Brazil and Venezuela, the DPRK permanent mission to the UN Office and international organizations in Geneva and its permanent mission to the UN.

Korean films such as documentary film "My Country Has Emerged Victorious by Dint of Single-minded Unity" were shown at the film shows.

The secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the Communist Party of China said that the Korean people accomplished the historic cause of founding the DPRK under the leadership of President Kim Il Sung 70 years ago and have dynamically struggled to build a prosperous socialist nation.

A member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba and first vice-minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Cuba and concurrently chief of the General Staff said that the DPRK's holiday precisely means Cuba's holiday and the joy of the Korean army and people the joy of the Cuban army and people.

The secretary of state of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia said that the diligent Korean people are significantly marking the founding anniversary of the DPRK with brilliant labor feats, hoping that the DPRK would prosper day by day and the relations of friendship and cooperation between the two countries would grow stronger.

A deputy minister of Foreign Affairs of Vietnam noted that the DPRK has made great achievements in all fields for the past seven decades.

The Bangladeshi minister of information who doubles as chairperson of the Central Executive Committee of the Bangladesh National Socialist Party expressed the belief that the Korean people will surely win the final victory under the direction of Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.

The Venezuelan minister of Transportation hoped that the Korean people would bring earlier the rosy future in the spirit of self-reliance and self-development and on the strength of science and technology.