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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/
Monument to the Founding of the North Korean Workers' Party
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/
Secretary of State Michael R. Pompeo is welcomed to Pyongyang, Democratic People's Republic of Korea, on October 7, 2018. [State Department photo Ron Przysucha / Public Domain]
The view towards the center of Pyongyang, as seen from the observation deck of the Juche Tower. A number of key landmarks can be seen, but notice how modern the majority of the North Korean city is.
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평양 정교사원.
The Holy Trinity Orthodox Church in Pyongyang was opened in 2003 on a whim of Kim Jong Il who had visited an orthodox church during his rail trip to Russia in 2001. Like other churches in Pyongyang, it is a "show church" for foreigners only. A high wall keeps curious North Koreans away. A North Korean priest trained in Russia celebrates the mass but Koreans are not allowed to attend. Most worshippers are members of the Russian Embassy in Pyongyang.
Pyongyang residents caught sneaking a glimpse of some foreigners in the Yonggwang Station of the Pyongyang Metro.
After the Korean War, many wooden houses like this one were built in downtown Pyongyang to provide temporary accommodation for institutions. Nearly all of them have disappeared since. This was one of the last. It was demolished in September 2008.
평양 고려의학과학원.
"Koryo Medicine" is the North Korean term for the Korean version of Traditional Chinese Medicin known as Hanyak (한약) in South Korea.
평양호텔(오늘의 대동강려관).
Built in 1955 as a hotel for foreign guests, it was first called "International Hotel" (국제려관), then Pyongyang Hotel (평양호텔), and finally Taedonggang Hotel (대동강려관). As most foreigners at that time were Russians, the hotel was commonly known as "the Russian hotel". The old Taedonggang Hotel burnt down some years ago due to the carelessness of a waitress who had forgotten to switch off an electric blanket, as I've been told.