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April 2012 trip to DPRK, North Korea for the 100th year birthday celebrations for Kim Il Sung - check out my North Korea blog at americaninnorthkorea.com/
The Juche Tower is a monument in Pyongyang, North Korea. The tower is named after the principle of Juche, developed by Kim Il Sung as a blend of autarky, self-reliance, nationalism, isolationism, Korean traditionalism, and Marxism-Leninism.
...Also close to the tower is a wall of 82 friendship plaques, apparently from foreign supporters.
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The guide here was explaining the idea of Juche and the origins of the plaques.
The Tower could be seen from our hotel room window: Room With A View #2.
Though the election on March 8 was an election in name only, it offered the citizens an opportunity to party. These young people seemed to have lots of fun. Seen at Pyongyang Maternity Hospital (평양상원).
Note the revolving restaurant at the top--somehow the DPRK has dozens of them...
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April 2012 trip to DPRK, North Korea for the 100th year birthday celebrations for Kim Il Sung - check out my North Korea blog at americaninnorthkorea.com/
In this cemetery in Pyongyang's Sadong District rest the remains of Soviet soldiers and bureaucrats who worked in Pyongyang after the liberation of 1945. Most of them did not die in combat but of various diseases.
April 2012 trip to DPRK, North Korea for the 100th year birthday celebrations for Kim Il Sung - check out my North Korea blog at americaninnorthkorea.com/
FILE - In this June 21, 2019, file photo provided by the North Korean government, North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, left, and Chinese President Xi Jinping stroll in the premises of Kumsusan guest house in Pyongyang, North Korea. Kim in a message to Xi called for stronger “unity and cooperation” between the countries in the face of challenges posed by “hostile forces,” the North’s state media and Tuesday, March 23, 2021. (Korean Central News Agency/Korea News Service via AP, File)
The skyline of Pyongyang with the smoke filled air lit by a low sun. The twin towers building in the left part of the photo is the Koryo Hotel. On each of the towers is a revolving restaurant. However, during our visit, only one of the two was accessible while the other was closed to prevent catching glimpses of areas not meant for western eyes (was the rumor we heard).