Pyongyang, August 16 (KCNA) -- Wreaths were laid before the Liberation Tower on August 15, the 78th anniversary of Korea's liberation.

Seen standing before the tower was a wreath sent by the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.

The guard of honor of the Korean People's Army lined up at the tower.

Present at the wreath-laying ceremony were Kang Yun Sok, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, Han Man Hyok, vice department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, Im Chon Il, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Army Lieutenant General Kim Min Sop, vice-minister of National Defence, Ji Kyong Su, vice-minister of External Economic Relations, Kim Ho Yong, vice-chairman of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries who doubles as chairman of the DPRK-Russia Friendship Association, Hong Kum Chol, vice-chairman of the Pyongyang Municipal People's Committee, and officials concerned.

Alexandr Matsegora, Russian ambassador to the DPRK, and his embassy members were on hand.

The national anthems of the Russian Federation and the DPRK were played.

A wreath in the joint name of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly and the Cabinet of the DPRK was laid before the Liberation Tower amid the playing of the wreath-laying music.

Also placed there were wreaths in the names of the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of National Defence, the Ministry of External Economic Relations and the Pyongyang Municipal People's Committee, a wreath in the joint name of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and the DPRK-Russia Friendship Association and a wreath in the name of the Russian embassy.

Written on the ribbons were letters "To the memory of the martyrs of the Soviet Army" and "To sacrificed heroes".

The participants paid a silent tribute to the memory of the martyrs of the Soviet Army who displayed the noble internationalist obligation and matchless bravery in the sacred war for Korea's liberation and looked round the tower.

Wreaths in the names of the Foreign Ministry, the Ministry of National Defence, the Ministry of External Economic Relations and the Pyongyang Municipal People's Committee, a wreath in the joint name of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and the DPRK-Russia Friendship Association and a wreath in the name of the Russian embassy were laid before the cemetery of martyrs of the Soviet Army in Sadong District on the same day. -0-