Party Foundation Day
| Party Foundation Day | |
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Monument to Party Founding in Pyongyang
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| Observed by |
 North Korea
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| Significance | Founding of the North Korea Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea (1945), a predecessor to the Workers' Party of Korea |
| Date | 10 October |
| Next time | 10 October 2017 |
| Frequency | annual |
| Related to | Day of the Shining Star (16 February), Day of the Sun (15 April), Day of the Foundation of the Republic (9 September) |
The Party Foundation Day is an annual public holiday in North Korea marking the 10 October 1945 foundation of the "Central Organizing Committee of the Communist Party of North Korea", known as the "North Korea Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea" in the West and considered a predecessor to the ruling Workers' Party of Korea.
Celebrations include political speeches, artistic performances and mass events including military parades. Ordinary citizens receive food rations and electricity.
The Party Founding Day is one of the most important holidays of the country, along with the Day of the Sun (birthday of Kim Il-sung), Day of the Shining Star (birthday of Kim Jong-il) and Day of the Foundation of the Republic. 2015 marked the 70th anniversary.
North Korea commemorates 10 October 1945 as the date of the foundation of the "Central Organizing Committee of the Communist Party of North Korea", known as the "North Korea Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea" by Western historians.
On 10 October 1945 a meeting called "Conference of Korean Communist Party Members and Enthusiasts in the Five Northwestern Provinces" began in Pyongyang, in a public hall that now hosts the Party Founding Museum. On 13 October, the meeting saw the establishment of the North Korea Bureau of the Communist Party of Korea. The conference was the first time that Kim Il-sung emerged as a political force. Kim advocated the foundation of the North Korea Bureau so that party activities could be overseen in the north of the country in a situation where the north and south were occupied by the Soviets and the Americans respectively. Kim acceded the chairmanship of the North Korea Bureau some two months after the conference. The Bureau soon became independent of the Seoul-lead Communist Party of Korea, paving the way for a political force in the North.
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