North Korea on Sunday marked the 106th anniversary of the birth of its late founder Kim Il Sung with no signs of provocations toward the international community amid a reduction in tensions following Pyongyang's shift toward diplomacy.
The anniversary, known in the country as the "Day of the Sun," is a major holiday. National flags and placards have been placed along major streets of Pyongyang in celebration of the birthday of the founder, who died in 1994.
In the run-up to North Korea's planned summits with South Korean President Moon Jae-in and U.S. President Donald Trump, political slogans in public spaces made no mention of the country's ballistic missile and nuclear weapons programs.