Gwangbokjeol
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public holiday in North and South Koreas (15th of August), celebrating the surrender of the Japanese Empire (which had annexed Korea) at the end of the Second World War
Wikidata facts
- Named after
- surrender of Japan
- Official name
- 조국 해방의 날
- Country
- North Korea
- Image
- Laika ac Pyongyang (7968795672).jpg
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- day in year for periodic occurrence
- August 15
- Commons category
- National Liberation Day of Korea
- commemorates
- surrender of Japan
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