Grand People's Study House Mansudae view North Korea Pyongyang

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The Grand People’s Study House is the largest Korean-style building built under the grand plan of President Kim Il Sung. After only 21 months of construction it was opened in April, 1982 with a total floor space of 100,000 sq. m. in over 600 rooms with a total seating capacity of more than 5,000. The storage capacity of the Study House is 30 million volumes according to the guides.

Located on Namsan Hill in the Central District of Pyongyang, it is open free of charge to any citizen over 17 years of age. On either side of the main building are two clocks that ring with the sound of “Song of General Kim Il Sung”.

 

Official speech says:

"There is the Grand People's Study House in Pyongyang which offers books of various kinds for public perusal and organizes varied forms of educations.

These years the house has channeled much effort into educational service so that lots of working people may acquire knowledge of various fields in a short span of time.

In particular, the short course for re-education gives broad knowledge of latest scientific and technical issues raised in various sectors of the national economy.

Through the regular short course for re-education, people receive many-sided information lectures.

Popular are departmental lectures and video shows dealing with scientific and technological issues badly needed for the developing reality.

Meanwhile, lecturers of the house find themselves in various sectors of the national economy including industrial establishments to give on-spot lectures for the purpose of solving diverse scientific and technological problems arising in practice.

Such teaching methods help scientists and technicians settle scientific and technological problems arising in the modernization of production processes.

Books on socio-political life, medical science, architecture, light industry, fisheries, biology and horticulture, foreign magazines, translated books and other books are available from the house.

The Grand People's Study House with a collecting capacity of tens of million volumes is a good education centre for disseminating varied know-how among the working people of all strata. "

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