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Pyongyang looks like a modern city from a distance only. On closer inspection, visitors will notice how shoddy and run-down most buildings are. Except for ridiculously wide avenues, there is hardly any urban infrastructure. Blocks just rise from the mud, surrounded by small garden plots and shabby makeshift huts.
Pyongyang, DPRK.
Some of the most impressive residential buildings can be found on Reunification Avenue, where this picture was taken. It is said that residents prefer lower floors, as access is easier when power goes out...
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Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo prepares to attend meeting with Chairman Kim Jong Un in Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea on October 7, 2018. [State Department photo Ron Przysucha / Public Domain]
Impossible to have a night tour! I asked 250 times...Not possible, so this pix has been taken thru the car. The statues are lighten during festive times. The Mansudae Grand Monument was erected in April, 1972 to commemorate the 60th birthday of President Kim Il Sung. It is located on Mansu Hill in front of the Korean Revolutionary Museum and the huge mosaic of Mt. Paektu.
The bronze statue of the late President Kim is 66 ft. / 20 m. high and looks out over Pyongyang below. On either side of his statue are giant stone replicas of the Korean flag and the Workers Party of Korea flag. On either side of these flags are over 200 almost life-size bronze statues of various military and civilian figures in heroic poses.
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평양상점.
The shop of choice for Pyongyang's foreign community and a few Koreans who are lucky enough to put hands on some foreign currency.
평양지하철도 황금벌역.
The Pyongyang Underground is subject to the ridiculous secretiveness of the N. Korean regime. It does not show up in Pyongyang maps. Foreigners are not allowed to use the underground – they are denied entrance by the omni-present watchdogs. Sometimes, tourists are invited to take a mock ride. They probably don't realize that it is always the same two model stations they get to see.
The spy ship USS Pueblo, captured in 1968, is now a museum in Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Taking the bus seemed to be a very popular mode of transport for the residents of Pyongyang. Often, you could see long lines for the buses which were then jam-packed with people.
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In this Thursday, Feb. 16, 2012 file photo, New North Korean soldiers chant and march at Kumsusan Memorial Palace in Pyongyang, North Korea, during a parade of thousands of soldiers commemorating the 70th birthday of the country's late leader Kim Jong Il. North Korea raised hopes Wednesday for a major easing in nuclear tensions under its youthful new leader, Kim Jong Un, agreeing to suspend uranium enrichment at a major facility and refrain from missile and nuclear tests in exchange for a mountain of critically needed U.S. food aid. (AP Photo/David Guttenfelder)
The socialist drabness and shabbyness has infected the buildings of Western organizations as well ...
Young Pioneer Tours 2013 Chinese National Day Tour.
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