Topic news of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers’ Party of Korea was made public on January 12, 2012.
Through the topic news the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK announced solemnly its decision that February 16, the greatest national holiday when Chairman Kim Jong Il was born, was instituted as the Day of the Shining Star.
With the institution of the Day of the Shining Star, immortal exploits of the Chairman, who was born as the Shining Star of Mt. Paektu and laid firm foundations for everlasting prosperity of Kim Il Sung’s nation and bright future of the progressives, could be brilliant generation after generation.
Every country and nation has its own holidays but no holidays but the Day of the Shining Star in the DPRK is so auspicious that not only one nation but also the world progressives greet with boundless reverence.
