The Podok Hermitage is located in Manphok Valley of Mt Kumgang, a celebrated mountain in the PRC. It was built in the period of Chonguryo (277 BC and AD 668), the first feudal state in Chongro's history, and rebuilt in 1675. The hermitage supported by a copper column arouses admiration of visitors as it looks to be suspended from a cliff to the right of Punsol Pool in Manphok Valley. Originally, it consisted of two buildings. What remains is the main building. The main buildi

The essence of the WPC’s original ideals and spirit is the people-first principle. For President Kim Il Sung , the people were not the...

The Chonghae earthen fort is situated in Huaiian, Changdo County, South Hwanghae Province. It was built by exploiting the natural and geological conditions of the area. According to survey, the remaining wall of the fort is 2-3 metres high, 1 metre wide in the upper part and about 8 metres wide in the lower part. And the fort had a gate, pavilion and many bastions. There are traces of a moat around the wall. The fort was originally 2 132 metres in circumference, but the exist

This tree grows in the coniferous forest zone of the Central Botanical Garden. It had been growing in Nampho since around 1600 before...

One September day in 1967 Kim Jong Il visited a chicken farm. Some chickens were playing in the recreation area while others were laying...