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Pyongyang - Mansudae Grand Monument

by Willettsworld

This will be one of the first sights that you'll visit as part of your tour itinerary and is a mandatory requirement that you have to do. We were told to stand in a line and show our respects to the 'Great Leader' and lay flowers as it is a shrine and people do 'worship' at it. We were also told, when having our photos taken in front of it, not to put one of our hands in the air like the 'Great Leader' is doing so as to not be disrespectful. The statue itself is made from bronze but was originally covered in gold leaf but apparently at the objection of the Chinese, was later removed. The 20 metre high statue was erected in April 1972 on the occasion of the 60th birthday of Kim Il Sung but was originally going to be 60 metres tall but was reduced in size due to his modesty. The large memorials standing on either side symbolise the history of the Korean people's revolutionary struggle. The...

Murals to the 'Great Leader'

by Willettsworld

You'll find these all over the country and they're straight out of the first page of the book on how to be a communist dictator leader. Simply plaster yourself on buildings, walls etc so that the general population know, everyday, that you are their leader and that is that and that nothing else matters in their lives. Give them hope that things are good and going well when, in essence, things are damn right terrible. I have to admit that these murals are actually quite nice and colourful in the drab environment and were what I wanted to see as part of my trip.

Pyongyang Students and Children’s Palace

by Willettsworld

After arriving at Pyongyang airport and even before we had checked into our hotel, we were whisked along to our first attraction - a Children's Palace. I think it was at the Pyongyang Students and Children’s Palace and not the larger Mangyongdae Children’s Palace but it doesn't matter where we were. What matters is what we saw and heard. We were first greeted by a guide (she could have been a teacher) and led to a classroom where children were doing calligraphy paintings using thick black ink. They were all orderly with nice clean, crisp uniforms on and didn't look up at us at all. Another classroom had children doing embroidery.After the artist children, we were then led into another classroom where children held huge accordions that nearly dwarfed them as they were sitting down on small stalls. They started playing a short tune, where we applauded afterwards and were then taken to...

Pyongyang - Kim Il Sung's blank canvas

by Willettsworld

Pyongyang is the capital city of North Korea and will be your arrival and departure point if you're ever thinking of planning a trip here. It is believed that between 2-2.5 million people live here but they're not just any old people. They have been specifically chosen by the government to live and work here and so it's a great privilege for them to be a resident here. They go about their business, mostly by foot, in an almost Trueman Show kind of way - just being there and not really doing anything. As they mostly walk from A to B, vehicles are few and far between and so the streets are virtually devoid of any traffic which lends an eeriness to the city. Countless propaganda photos and murals of the, so called "Great" leader, Kim Il Sung, are spread throughout the city to act as a show of strength and power to the people, defiance over hardship and that everyone should pull together for...

Mass games

by rsudic

Be sure your itinerary includes Mass games. This is one of the highlights of the trip so in case you are going outside of Mass games period, pick other tour. It's really something not to be missed. Search on my site for more photos.

West Sea Dam

by rsudic

West Sea Dam, also known as the West Sea Barrage, is a barrage located 15 km west of the special city of Nampho, North Korea. It is a huge, eight-kilometer-long system of dams, three lock chambers, and 36 sluices, allowing the passage of ships up to 50,000 tons. The dam closes the Taedong River off from the Yellow Sea. It was built from 1981 to 1986, with the resources of the whole country directed to this main construction project. The completion of the West Sea Dam allowed: * The raising of the water level in the Taedong River and increased ship traffic; * The prevention of seawater intrusion into the fresh water, thus solving the water supply problem; * The irrigation of additional land, enlarging the arable territory of the region.The dam is considered a major accomplishment of North Korea. It is a commonly seen backdrop for North Korean television news broadcasts on KCNA, and is a...

International Friendship Exhibition

by rsudic

Impressive exhibition of gifts from foreigners to President Kim Il-Song and the leader Kim Jong-Il.You're not allowed to take camera inside.Inside you can expect everything: from waxed statue of Great Leader (gift from China) to ordinary crap from western countries.Great Leader loved to travel by train (in fact he was afraid of flying) so you'll see two carriage, one is gift from Stalin, other from Mao.Beautiful spot for building too. Too big to see in one afternoon, but they'll show you what makes them proud.

Concrete wall

by rsudic

The Korean wall is a concrete barrier allegedly built along the length of the DMZ in South Korea between 1977 and 1979. The nature of the barrier is disputed, however it is widely accepted outside of North Korea that the wall does not exist.North Korea claims that the US constructed the wall to humiliate and divide the Korean people, similar to the Berlin Wall, and to serve as a bridgehead for northward invasion

Kaesong

by rsudic

The city is close to the Demilitarized Zone that divides North and South Korea. When Korea was partitioned at the 38th parallel after World War Two, Kaesong was on the southern side of the line (within the Republic of Korea). Thus Kaesong is (depending on perspective) either the only occupied South Korean City at the end of the 'Korean Police Action', or the only city liberated by the North Korean People's Army in the 'Great Fatherland Liberation War'.

DMZ

by rsudic

The Korean Demilitarized Zone is a strip of land running across the Korean Peninsula that serves as a buffer zone between North and South Korea. The DMZ cuts the Korean Peninsula roughly in half, crossing the 38th parallel on an angle, with the west end of the DMZ lying south of the parallel and the east end lying north of it. It is 155 miles (248 km) long and approximately 2.5 miles (4 km) wide, and is the most heavily armed border in the world.