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Football Match Held to Mark National Liberation Day Pyongyang, August 16 (KCNA) -- A men's football match between Taedonggang and Hwaebul teams took place at Kim Il Sung Stadium on August 15, the 81st anniversary of Korea's liberation. Among the audience were senior Party and government officials, members of the National Sports Guidance Committee, leading officials of sports events sponsoring organizations, merited sportspersons, officials of ministries and national agencies and Pyongyang citizens. In the match which began with the Hwaebul team's first kick, the footballers of both teams played the game vigorously, preserving their tactical intentions. The Taedonggang Team beat its rival 4:0 in the match. -0-

Women's Dancing Party Held to Mark National Liberation Day Pyongyang, August 16 (KCNA) -- A dancing party of women's union officials and members in the DPRK was held at the plaza of the Arch of Triumph on August 15, the 81st anniversary of Korea's liberation. The dancing party began amid the playing of the song "Long Live Generalissimo Kim Il Sung". Its participants unrolled a wave of dances, paying the highest tribute to President Kim Il Sung who accomplished the great historic cause of national liberation through the protracted bloody anti-Japanese war and laid a solid foundation for the victorious advance of the revolutionary cause of Juche. The venue of the dancing party was full of the boundless pride of the Korean women leading a happy life with the ennobling name of women revolutionaries and communist mothers under the care of the great father, who glorifies their dignity and position at the highest peak of the times. The atmosphere was revved up amid the playing of the song "Your Embrace is the Best".

Evening Gala and Firework Display Mark National Liberation Day in DPRK Pyongyang, August 16 (KCNA) -- An evening gala of youth and students and a firework display took place at Kim Il Sung Square in the capital city of Pyongyang on August 15 when the whole country was full of emotion and joy of celebrating the National Liberation Day.