Present there were secretaries and other officials of the WPK Central Committee.

The guard of honor of the Korean People's Army (KPA) lined up there.

A wreath in the name of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was laid amid the playing of wreath-laying music.

On the ribbon of the wreath were letters reading "Revolutionary martyrs will be immortal".

Kim Jong Un, together with the participants, paid high tribute to the revolutionary martyrs who laid down their precious lives for the country's independence and sovereignty, the people's liberation and the victorious advance of the socialist cause.

There was a march-past of the KPA guard of honor.

Noting that August 15 was a great auspicious event in which the Korean people achieved the national independence and sovereignty and a great political event which opened up a broad avenue for building an independent power, Kim Jong Un said that the day ushered in the new era of the dignity and prestige of Juche Korea and of its valiant spirit with which it is proving the truth of its cause through a courageous and dynamic struggle.

The indomitable faith, noble idea and exploits of the pioneer generation of the Korean revolution are displaying inexhaustible viability without the slightest discoloration despite the passage of time, he said, adding that they serve as a precious revolutionary legacy and ideological blood vessel of fundamental and lasting significance in the development of the Korean revolution.

He stressed that when the revolutionary spirit of Paektu guaranteeing the ever-victorious history and the eternal youth of the Juche revolution is carried forward dynamically in a pure way through all ages, our cause, noble in its origin and sacred in its history and tradition, will never be stopped with anything, and it will advance towards eternal glory and victory, displaying the invincible, indomitable strength.