North Korea celebrates founding leader's birthday

People pay tribute to the statues of late North Korean leaders, Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il in the Mansudae Art Studio in the celebration of 110th birth anniversary of state founder Kim Il Sung in Pyongyang, North Korea, on Friday, April 15, 2022. - AP

SEOUL, April 15, 2022 (AFP): North Korea celebrated the birthday of its founding leader on Friday, state media reported, but mystery surrounded when a military parade -- at which the regime may unveil new weapons -- might happen.

Known as the Day of the Sun in the nuclear-armed North, the April 15 birthday of the late Kim Il Sung -- grandfather of current leader Kim Jong Un -- is one of the most important dates in Pyongyang's political calendar.