This picture taken on April 15, 2021 and released from Democratic People's Republic of Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on April 16 shows students parading to mark the Day of the Sun, the 110th birth anniversary of late DPRK leader Kim Il-sung, at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang. (STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)

PYONGYANG - Kim Jong-un, leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, attended a large-scale civilian rally and parade in central Pyongyang on Friday evening, the official Korean Central News Agency reported on Saturday.

The parade was held to celebrate the Day of the Sun, a national holiday marking the 110th anniversary of the birth of late founder Kim Il-sung this year

The parade was held to celebrate the Day of the Sun, a national holiday marking the 110th anniversary of the birth of late founder Kim Il-sung this year.

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The report said columns of workers, peasant dancers and others marched past the square, holding aloft the boards bearing different slogans.

When a column of people escorting the cars carrying the statues of late leaders Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il entered the square, fireworks were let off and balloons were released.

This picture taken on April 15, 2021 and released from Democratic People's Republic of Korea's official Korean Central News Agency on April 16 shows DPRK leader Kim Jong-un (center) giving a speech at Kim Il Sung Square to mark the Day of the Sun, the 110th birth anniversary of late DPRK leader Kim Il-sung, in Pyongyang. (STR / KCNA VIA KNS / AFP)

Just before the parade, a national meeting was held at the square to mark the anniversary.

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Also on Friday, Kim Jong-un and his wife Ri Sol-ju visited the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, the mausoleum for Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il.