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By: North Korean Economy Watch » Blog Archive » Bronze Kim Jong il statue unveiled

Sun, 18 Jul 2010 16:14:30 +0000

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Wed, 02 Dec 2009 14:26:06 +0000

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By: Simon

Simon — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:37:27 +0000

thanks for posting that, very interesting indeed, sadly not accessible from Beijing at the moment but I’m off to the US for a holiday in a couple of hours so will try again when there, not sure I’ll be touring the Ministry of People’s Security any time soon (hopefully not anyway!) but will keep an eye out for it even so!
BTW on the subject of mobile phones; which this thread isn’t) there are notably loads of them in use now in Pyongyang (I was there until yesterday) and they are selling for a much lower price than last time a few years ago. Now 3 models are available for 140, 150, and 160 Euros with prices expected to fall over the April 15th holiday period. Foreigners have to pay this plus a 450 Euro ‘entry fee’ (read: foreigner tax) and international calls are very expensive indeed but receiving them is not too bad. I have an application form but not the required dosh to actually get one yet so no more news on what they do, quality of service etc. However I was in the Changwangsan Hotel coffee shop two days ago and of the 9 customers there 3 of them were yakking away like they were born with the infernal machines, a new world of communication beckons (or something!)

By: Michael Madden

Michael Madden — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 18:11:02 +0000

Here it is, as much as I hate questioning someone who knows more about the statuary of Pyongyang than I can remember. I don’t know about the composition of the statue. The word on the DPRK street is that the statue of General Kim is either gold or gold leaf.

http://wikimapia.org/#lat=39.0802948&lon=125.767563&z=18&l=0&m=a&v=2

By: Simon

Simon — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 00:20:55 +0000

I’ve never heard of it, you sure its a bronze statue? the only one I have ever heard rumoured is at Yongbyon (town, not facility), and I’ve never seen a picture of it, any chance of zooming in on this university and spotting it?
There is a cast statue at the international friendship exhibition but this isnt really the same as having one out in full view.

By: Michael Madden

Michael Madden — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 17:14:56 +0000

I hate to sound a niddling corrective note, but there is a statue of General Kim Jong il. Select foreign visitors have seen it, and there are several defectors’ accounts of such a statue, as conveyed in the DailyNK article. The statue is located in front of the campus of the university and training centre of the Ministry of People’s Security.

By: Arie

Arie — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 11:35:42 +0000

“1st of may square statue of Agostinho Neto (Lunada, Angola), Momunment Heroinas Angolas (Lunada, Angola)”

should be Luanda…

By: Simon

Simon — Thu, 12 Mar 2009 03:05:56 +0000

There aren’t any statues of Kim Jong Il so the body is not his, it does bear a lot of similarities to the Kim Il Sung on Mansudae though

By: Cordelia

Cordelia — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 19:57:14 +0000

Very exciting! Thanks sooooo much for this!

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