Kim ll Sung Square, Pyongyang

Link to Wikipedia :-

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kim_Il-sung_Square

 

Images of my visit to the square late in the evening. Various government buildings surround the square.



 Grand People's Study House, also known as the National Library of North Korea. The Leaders stand here when military parades etc.. are performed



Modern vs old





Markings on the road denote where people or groups of people must stand when attending for example military parades



Example of a parade at the square. People all lined up in exact rows.

 

Examples of North Korean Food

A bottle of local beer (actually very drinkable!) and a bowl of pickled cabbage in a oily soup. These were present at every meal.

Pickled cabbage. tasty but could never finish a whole bowl. 

A selection of veggies (mostly pickled), bowls of rice and a soup containing dog meat.

Rebranding North Korea

Changing attitudes in South Korea

Source: Report from the BBC June 2012 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18584679



Related article on escapees from North Korea

Source: BBC, published 2007

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/6420321.stm

Street life in Pyongyang

Pictures showing street life in Pyongyang

The coal fired power station in the centre of Pyongyang

Sports stadium

The famous large hotel in Pyongyang - unfinished

Sports Stadium

Free enterprise - a small kiosk 

Downtown Pyongyang at dusk

Propaganda posters/paintings

Here are a selection of propaganda posters and paintings seen in Pyongyang. 

Mural close to the Arc de Triomphe

The Great Leaders, Left - Kim II Sung, Right - Kim Jong II

A young Kim ll Sung

Central Pyongyang

At a glass making factory outside Pyongyang