Military Foundation Day (Korean: 조선인민군 창건일) is an annual public holiday in North Korea falling on 8 February.

Servicemen of the armed forces and civilians alike are permitted to take off from work to celebrate the holiday and the service of the KPA in the defense of the nation.

[12] During the 2023 celebrations, in addition to the military parade, Kim Jong Un paid a visit to the "lodging quarters of generals of the Korean People’s Army" according to the North Korean media and participated in a banquet together with his wife Ri Sol-ju and his daughter Kim Ju Ae.

Since 1958, parades have been held on the city's Kim Il-sung Square in honor of the holiday every 5 years, following Chinese practice.

The first parade was in 1948 at Pyongyang Station which included the attendance of Soviet generals and the participation of about 20,000 North Korean soldiers.