Pyongyang, September 9 (KCNA) -- A national flag-hoisting ceremony was held in Pyongyang in the evening of September 8 on the 77th founding anniversary of the DPRK.

Many officials, working people, youth and students gathered at Kim Il Sung Square with joy and excitement to mark the significant national day on the grand journey for dynamically ushering in the overall prosperity of the state.

Amid the solemn playing of the national anthem of the DPRK, an exemplary worker, peasant and intellectual in the capital city hoisted the national flag with respect.

The masses paid high tribute to the glorious national flag shining as the banner of victory and glory of the Korean people for decades since the historic day when the birth of the genuine People's Republic was declared before the world.

Fireworks were displayed in the nocturnal sky of September where the national flag fluttered.

Amid the fireworks, the masses hardened ardent determination for ushering in a new era of the eternal prosperity of the country and greeting the Ninth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea with proud labor achievements by unsparingly devoting their patriotic strength and enthusiasm. -0-