The people across the DPRK are all afire with ardent patriotic fervour as they make single-minded efforts for the continuous prosperity and grandeur of the country on the occasion of the glorious September. Under such circumstances, a national flag-raising and national oath-taking ceremony took place at the Mansudae Assembly Hall on September 9 to mark the 77th founding anniversary of the DPRK.

Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, attended the commemorative event.

Present there were members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, other senior officials of the Party and the government, deputies to the Supreme People's Assembly and commanding officers of armed forces organs.

A guard of honour of the Korean People's Army lined up at the venue of the commemorative ceremony of the Mansudae Assembly Hall.

A ceremony of hoisting the national flag of the DPRK took place.

Guards of honour of the KPA solemnly entered the venue of the ceremony escorting the national flag of the DPRK.

The leading officials of the state paid high tribute to the national flag of the DPRK which has fluttered as an ever-victorious banner, recording in its sacred flag the great history of the dignity and glory of the indomitable Korean people for decades after the birth of the People's Republic.

The national flag of glory was hoisted amid the playing of the national anthem of the DPRK.

Looking up to the national flag with reverence, the participants shared their patriotic will to hold higher and glorify the greatest and most beautiful country in the world.