SEUL, Aug 17 Head of the Donetsk People's Republic Denis Pushilin sent a congratulatory message to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un a telegram on the occasion of Korea Liberation Day on August 15, the North Korean Central Telegraph Agency (CTAC) broadcast on Wednesday. In July, the DPRK recognized the independence of the DPR and LPR. «The history of the Korean people in the past is full of trials, and there were many difficulties on the way to freedom, but the Korean people bravely and worthily overcame them. Today, the people of Donbass are also fighting for freedom and historical justice, like the Korean people 77 years ago,” the telegram reads. Pushilin noted that “the resilience, courage and power of the Korean people” serve as an example for many other countries. “I am sure that a mutually beneficial bilateral third-party cooperation in the interests of the peoples of the two countries,» Pushilin said. Korea was annexed and ruled by Japan from 1910 to 1945. On August 15, 1945, Emperor Hirohito announced Japan's surrender in World War II. In both South and North Korea, this day is celebrated as the Day of Independence and Liberation from Japanese Colonial Rule, as under the terms of surrender, Japan renounced its claims to the territory of the Korean Peninsula.
The DPR is considering the issue of choosing a building for the republic's embassy in the DPRK
