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N. Korea to issue commemorative coins for 60th founding anniversary
SEOUL, Sept. 8 (Yonhap) -- North Korea will issue two new sets of coins in commemoration of the 60th anniversary of its founding which falls on Tuesday, the country's media reported Monday.
The Presidium of the North's Supreme People's Assembly, the North's parliament, adopted a decree Saturday on issuing gold and silver commemorative coins, the North's Korean Central News Agency said.
"The Cabinet and concerned state agencies will work on measures to carry out the decree," it added.
The coins will feature the country's national flag and and Korean letters reading "60th birthday" held up by a laurel tree in the fore side with the North's national emblem in the back, according to the report.
The face value of the gold and silver coins will be 60,000 North Korean won (US$428) and 1,500 won, respectively, the report said.
North Korea has tried to drum up festivity ahead of its 60th birthday, decorating Pyongyang's main streets and staging mass gymnastic displays, including Arirang, in the capital every day since last month.
It will stage a military parade on Tuesday, participated in by the largest-ever number of troops and military hardware, South Korea's Defense Ministry officials said. It is unclear, however, whether North Korean leader Kim Jong-il will appear in public to watch the parade, they said.
sshim@yna.co.kr
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