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First time foreign amateur runners and Americans were allowed to participate in the Pyongyang Marathon, an IAAF bronze level race.
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From 2014 -
A Pyongyang traffic policewoman shows a knowing smile, realizing that she is being photographed.
Edited picture. See the original on Flickr here: Raymond Cunningham on Flickr
The Monument to the Workers' Party of Korea was erected on the fiftieth anniversary of its foundation.
Laborers are represented by the hammer, intellectuals by the calligrapher's brush, and farmers by the sickle.
Political slogans adorn the rotunda ('Long live the Korean Workers' Party, which has coordinated and let the Korean people in all their victories") and the buildings behind ("One hundred victories - One hundred battles")
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This was taken as we posed for a group portrait. The guy holding the Panasonic Lumix LX5 is our main guide, Mr. Kim.
Construction of the metro network started in 1968, and was opened in September 1973 by former President Kim Il-sung. In 1971, there was a major accident during the construction of a tunnel under the Taedong River for the Ponghwa station. Some sources say at least 100 workers died in the accident. This particular piece of tunnel was never completed; the metro network is now completely located on the western side of the river.
Pyongyang Metro is the deepest metro in the world—the track is approximately 110 meters (about 360 feet) deep underground. ~Wiki
All important places, buildings, monuments and statues are illuminated.
DPRK, Sept 2011 (scanned slide)
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/
평양 승리거리.
The blocks on the right were demolished to make way for the new high-rise construction project in Mansudae area (Changjon-dong, aka Changjeon Street).
www.nkeconwatch.com/2012/04/02/dprk-announces-2nd-renovat...
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/
Jokingly known as "Beverley Hills", this complex of villas set in a spacious park at the northern end of Pulgun Street (붉은거리) is mainly used by representatives of foreign companies and other foreign guests.
Coordinates: 39.03314N 125.70789E
Young Pioneer Tours 2013 Chinese National Day Tour.
For a video of the trip made by the DPRK tourists authority take a look at:
A huge crowd of people on the way back home after a mass training for a parade or mass ralley.
DPRK, Sept. 2008 (scanned slide)