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Durante nuestro viaje a Corea del Norte, los primeros cuatro días nuestra guía fue Pak ( a la derecha ). Tenía 25 años. Hablaba 4 idiomas, entre ellos el español, con una soltura sorprendente. Tambien tocaba tres instrumentos, guitarra, batería y piano, como nos demostró posteriormente. La verdad que era guapa, muy inteligente y una persona muy simpática....gracias Pak
During our trip to North Korea, the first four days was our guide Pak (right). He was 25. He spoke four languages, including Spanish, with surprising ease. He also played three instruments, guitar, drums and piano, as we demonstrated later. The truth that was beautiful, very intelligent and a very nice person .... thanks Pak
The skyline of Pyongyang against the setting sun light. The two towers in the left that rise above the skyline are the Koryo Hotel. On top of each tower is a revolving restaurant. However, only one tower top was accessible during our stay (rumours say the other allowed unwanted views of restricted areas of the city...).
While the DPRK propaganda keeps prattling about a "breakthrough towards high tech", the general technical level of the country can only be described as primitive. Many vehicles just look like scrap on wheels.
Pyongyang, DPRK.
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A picture taken from the Yanggakdo International Hotel back in May 2002. The hotel is situated on Yanggak Island in the middle of the Taedong River and is where many tourists stay when visiting the capital of North Korea (it's also easier for the authorities to stop tourists walking out of the hotel and wandering into the city by themselves!). The hotel is 47 storeys high and topped by a revolving restaurant giving great views over the city.
In 2016 Otto Warmbier, a US tourist, was arrested after allegedly taking a poster from the hotel and ended up in a coma whilst in captivity (he died shortly after being repatriated to the US).
The pyramidal shaped building in the distance is the empty concrete shell of the Ryugyong Hotel. Construction started in 1987 on what would have been the tallest hotel in the world but was halted in the early 1990s due to lack of money (as a result of the collapse of the USSR which was North Korea's biggest donor at the time). In 2008 construction resumed again and the building was clad in mirrored glass panels, however the interior has never been completed.
The other prominent building on the left side of the picture is the Koryo Hotel, another hotel for tourists which is topped by two revolving restaurants.
A number of buildings have been constructed along the riverside since this picture was taken (Kim Jong Un went on a construction spree nicknamed 'Pyonghattan' after he came to power in 2011).
Everywhere in the country you can see those "150 days" posters.
Until september 2009, a 150-day campaign tells the North Koreans to work harder by instilling them with national pride. 북한
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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/
Taken place on Kim Il Sung square in the centre of Pyongyang during the 95th birthdaycelebrations of Kim Il Sung on 15.04.
DPRK, April 2007 (scanned slide)