The official English name for this year’s North Korean Mass Games has been announced as ‘The Glorious Country’, described as 'Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance'. The Korean title remains <빛나는 조국 > which we previously translated as 'Shining Fatherland’, ‘Bright Fatherland’, or ‘Brilliant Fatherland’.

This means you should expect a whole new set of themed performances different from the former 'Arirang' Mass Games (see photo below), but undoubtedly just as impressive.

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