Price: 20.00 euro
Size: 29×21.5cm./11.4×8.4inch.
Weight: 957gr./33.7oz.
Pages: 204
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Book made in North Korea, by the Tourist Advertisement Agency.
Books North Korea Pictures
Price: 20.00 euro
Size: 29×21.5cm./11.4×8.4inch.
Weight: 1016gr./35.8oz.
Pages: 208
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book made in North Korea, by the Tourist Advertisement Agency.
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 18.5×11cm./7.2×4.3inch.
Weight: 81gr./2.8oz.
Pages: 72
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book made in North Korea, by the Tourist Advertisement And Information Agency. travel guide Mt. Paektu.
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 18.5×12cm./7.2×4.8inch.
Weight: 54gr./1.9oz.
Year: 1988
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Book made in North Korea, 1988, with information and pictures about the Kangwon province.
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 18.5×12.5cm./7.2×4.9inch.
Weight: 44gr./1.5oz.
Year: 2004
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Book made in North Korea and full with pictures of the Pyongyang metro. This is the 2004 version.
Price: 40.00 euro
Size: 30x22cm./11.8×8.6inch.
Weight: 1085gr./38.2oz.
Year: 1975
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Book made in North Korea, 1975, by Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang. The book is about the revolutionary life of Kim Il Sung with many pictures and art. Some pages can be unfolded.
Price: 20.00 euro
Size: 29x21cm./11.4×8.2inch.
Weight: 184gr./6.4oz.
Year: 1986
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Book made in North Korea, 1986, by Korea Art Publishing House, Pyongyang.
Price: 25.00 euro
Size: 20.5x14cm./8×5.5inch.
Weight: 67gr./2.3oz.
Year: 1970
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Book made in North Korea, 1970, with mass gymnastic performances.
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 25.5×18.5cm./10×7.2inch.
Weight: 91gr./3oz.
Year: 1982
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Book made in North Korea, 1982, by Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang and is made in English and Russian laguage.
The Grand People’s Study House is the central library located in the North Korean capital, Pyongyang. The building is situated on Kim Il-sung Square by the banks of the Taedong River.
The Study House was constructed in a traditional Korean style in April 1982 over a period of 21 months to celebrate leader Kim Il Sung’s 70th birthday.vThe library was opened as the “centre for the project of intellectualising the whole of society and a sanctuary of learning for the entire people.”.
The library is located in the center of the capital (the Central District of Pyongyang) which is one of the most important neighbourhoods in the country because it is the national governmental district. Beside the library is the Supreme People’s Assembly and other governmental office blocks. Directly in front of the library is the Kim Il Sung Square (the third largest public square in the world) where the country’s national events take place.
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 17.5x23cm./6.8x9inch.
Weight: 93gr./3.2oz.
Year: 1977
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Book made in North Korea, 1977, by Korean Folklore Museum.
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 24x18cm./9.4×7inch.
Weight: 149gr./5.2oz.
Year: 1988
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Book made in North Korea, 1988, by The Cultural Relics Publishing House, Pyongyang.
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 25×18.5cm./9.8×7.2inch.
Weight: 118gr./4.1oz.
Year: 1988
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Book made in North Korea, 1988 by the Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang. The book is made in the Russian language. The title of the book reads:”Mount Moran”. Moranbong or Moran Hill forms a park located in central Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea. Its 312-foot (95 m) summit is the location of the Pyongyang TV Tower.
There are multiple monumental structures located on Moran Hill. They include the Arch of Triumph, Kim Il-sung Stadium, and Kaeson Revolutionary Site. At the foot of the hill is the Jonsung Revolutionary Site, which conveys the revolutionary achievements of President Kim Il-sung and the Hungbu Revolutionary Site which is associated with the history of leader Kim Jong-il and includes trees bearing slogans written during the independence revolutionary struggle.
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 25×18.5cm./9.8×7.2inch.
Weight: 51gr./1.7oz.
Year: 1982
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Book made in North Korea, 1982 by the Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyongyang. The book is made in English and Russian language. The Juche Tower is situated on the east bank of the River Taedong, directly opposite Kim Il-sung Square on the west bank. It was built to commemorate Kim Il-sung’s 70th birthday.
The 170-metre (560 ft) structure is a four-sided tapering 150-metre (490 ft) spire – the tallest in granite – containing 25,550 blocks (365 × 70: one for each day of Kim Il-sung’s life, excluding supplementary days for leap years), dressed in white stone with seventy dividers and capped with a 20-metre (66 ft)-high 45-ton illuminated metal torch. The torch on top of the tower is always lit.
It is possible to ascend the tower by elevator and there are wide views over Pyongyang from the viewing platform just below the torch. At its base, there are reception rooms where videos explaining the tower’s ideological importance are sometimes shown. The Juche Tower is the second tallest monumental column in the world.
Price: 25.00 euro
Size: 29.5×21.5cm./11.6×8.4inch.
Weight: 704gr./24.8oz.
Year: 1979
Pages: 118
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Book made in North Korea, 1979 in the Russian language. The title of the book reads:”Central History Museum Of Korea”.
Price: 25.00 euro
Size: 25.5×18.5cm./10×7.2inch.
Weight: 235gr./8.2oz.
Year: 1978
Pages: 63
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book made in North Korea, 1978, about the Korean Revolution Museum. The Korean Revolution Museum, located in Pyongyang, was founded on August 1, 1948, and holds a large exhibition of items related to Kim Il-sung and the Korean revolutionary movement. It is situated behind the Mansu Hill Grand Monument and is adjacent to the Mansudae Assembly Hall, seat of the Supreme People’s Assembly, the North Korean legislature.
The Korean Revolution Museum encompass the period between 1860 and the present day, including the anti-Japanese resistance, the Korean War and the period of socialist construction. It has 90 rooms which hold items related to Kim Il-sung and his associates, Korean reunification, the Korean diaspora, and various historical battles. Since its establishment, it has had 27 million visitors from North Korea and abroad. At 240,000 square metres, it is also one of the largest structures in the world. The museum underwent major renovations which were completed in 2017.
(2.9.21)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 18.5x11cm./7.2×4.3inch.
Weight: 243gr./8.5oz.
Year: 1999
Pages: 281
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Book made in North Korea, 1999. Information about Korea with coverage of Nature, politics, national defence, the economy, culture, folk customs, religion, and tourism.
Price: 35.00 euro
Size: 30×21.5cm./11.8×8.4inch.
Weight: 679gr./23.9oz.
Year: 1979
Pages: 86
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Book made in North Korea, 1979, and full of pictures of the Korean Central Historical Museum.
Price: 50.00 euro
Size: 29.5x22cm./11.6×8.6inch.
Weight: 893gr./31.4oz.
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Book made in North Korea about the KPA, Korean People’s Army. Made presumably in the early 1980’s. The Korean People’s Army is the military force of North Korea and the armed wing of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK). Under the Songun policy, it is the central institution of North Korean society. Kim Jong Un serves as Supreme Commander and the chairman of the Central Military Commission. The KPA consists of five branches: the Ground Force, the Naval Force, the Air and Anti-Air Force, the Strategic Rocket Forces, and the Special Operation Force.
As of 2021 it is the second largest military organisation in the world, with 30.4% of the North Korean population actively serving, in reserve or in a paramilitary capacity.
Price: 25.00 euro
Size: 26.5x22cm./10.4×8.6inch.
Weight: 267gr./9.4oz.
Year: 1986
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Book made in North Korea, 1986 about the Mansudae Assembly Hall. The Mansudae Assembly Hall, Pyongyang, is the seat of the Supreme People’s Assembly, the unicameral legislature of North Korea. It is basically where all important political events take place including the sessions of the Supreme People’s Assembly of the DPRK.
Mansudae Assembly Hall references Soviet interpretations of classic architecture mixed with Korean elements and was completed in 1984. It has a marble and granite exterior and a massive interior with terrazzo floors, pillars, stunning woven carpets and chandeliers covering an area of 45,000 square metres. The building contains a 2000 seat auditorium for parliament members with seats equipped with translation facilities and a microphone.. Just behind the main stage is a white statue of Kim Il Sung.
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 18.5×12.5cm./7.2×4.9inch.
Weight: 44gr./1.5oz.
Year: 1994
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Book made in North Korea and full with pictures of the Pyongyang metro. This is the 1994 version.
(7.50.22)
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 25x18cm./9.8x7inch.
Weight: 87gr./3oz.
Year: 2004
Pages: 28
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Book made in North Korea, 2004 with pictures of monuments wich are on the World Heritage List.
(20.22)
Price: 26.00 euro
Size: 30x21cm./11.8×8.2inch.
Weight: 604gr./21.3oz.
Year: 2019
Pages: 134
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Book made in North Korea, 2019 with lots of information about the DPRK in a rich and colourful book.
(7.50.21)
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 30x21cm./11.8×8.2inch.
Weight: 204gr./7.1oz.
Year: 2019
Pages: 53
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Book made in North Korea, 2019 with the most important monuments in the DPRK.
(11.21)
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 24.5×13.5cm./9.6×5.3inch.
Weight: 352gr./12.4oz.
Year: 2019
Pages: 183
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Book made in North Korea, 2019. Information about Korea with coverage of Nature, politics, national defence, the economy, culture, folk customs, religion, and tourism.
(26.21)
Price: 50.00 euro
Size: 33x24cm./12.9×9.4inch.
Weight: 839gr./29.4oz.
Year: 2016
Pages: 107
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Book made in North Korea, 2016. Korean edition. There is also an english edition of this book. Newly published in 2016. Faux leather with gold gilt lettering. Spectacular images of interior and grounds of the Kumsusan Palace, resting place of Leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.
The Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, formerly the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, and sometimes referred to as the Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il Mausoleum, is a building near the northeast corner of the city of Pyongyang that serves as the mausoleum for Kim Il-sung, the founder of North Korea, and for his son Kim Jong-il, both posthumously designated as Eternal President and Eternal General Secretary of North Korea. The palace was built in 1976 as the Kumsusan Assembly Hall and served as Kim Il-sung’s official residence. Following the elder Kim’s death in 1994, Kim Jong-il had the building renovated and transformed into his father’s mausoleum.
Inside the palace, Kim Il-sung’s embalmed body lies inside a clear glass sarcophagus. His head rests on a traditional Korean buckwheat pillow and his body is covered by the flag of the Workers’ Party of Korea. Kim Jong-il is now on display in a room close to his father’s remains and positioned in a very similar way. At 115,000 square feet (10,700 m2), Kumsusan is the largest mausoleum dedicated to a Communist leader and the only one to house the remains of multiple people. Some halls inside the building are up to 1 kilometre (3,300 ft) long. It is fronted by a large square, approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) in length.mIt is bordered on its northern and eastern sides by a moat.
Foreign visitors can access the palace only on an official government tour. Photography, videotaping, and smoking are not permitted anywhere inside the palace. The palace plaza, though, is open all week, and is a venue for national rallies. Adjoining rooms are filled with some of Kim Il-sung’s possessions, as well as gifts and awards he received from around the world.
(6.21)
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 24.5×13.5cm./9.6×5.3inch.
Weight: 339gr./11.9oz.
Year: 2013
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Book made in North Korea, 2013. Information about Korea with coverage of Nature, politics, national defence, the economy, culture, folk customs, religion, and tourism.
(4.21)
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 25.5×18.5cm./10×7.2inch.
Weight: 117gr./4.1oz.
Year: 1989
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Book made in North Korea, 1989. The historic monuments and sites in Kaesong is an UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kaesong, North Korea. The site consists of 12 separate components, which together testify to the history and culture of the Koryo Dynasty from the 10th to 14th century.
The geomantic layout of the former capital city of Kaesong, its palaces, institutions and tomb complex, defensive walls and gates embody the political, cultural, philosophical and spiritual values of a crucial era in the region’s history. The site testifies to the transition from Buddhism to neo-Confucianism in East Asia and to the assimilation of the cultural spiritual and political values of the states that existed prior to Korea’s unification under the Koryo Dynasty.
(15.21)
Price: 30.00 euro
Size: 29x22cm./11.4×8.6inch.
Weight: 388gr./13.6oz.
Year: 1998
Pages: 84
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Book made in North Korea, 1998. Pictorial of scenery and historic relics in the Mt. Kuwol tourist area of North Korea.
Kuwolsan, or Mount Kuwol, is a Mountain in South Hwanghae, North Korea. The Mountain Takes its name from The Ninth Month of the Lunar Calendar, Because It is Considered Particularly Attractive in That Month. The Mountain is a major Summer Resort in North Korea, Attracting Many Domestic Tourists. Kuwolsan is Home to The Sansong Revolutionary Site, The 9th Century Woljong Temple and the Stupas, As Well As The 4th Century Anak Tomb No. 3. The Highest Peak of the Mountain (The Highest Point in the Short Kuwol Range) is 954 m above sea level. There are Several Scenic routes through the Mountain Area. Natural Attractions Include Rock Formations, Waterfalls and Natural Polish. Much of the Mountain is covered by Mixed Broadleaf and Coniferous Forest and Protected in an 18,000 ha National Park. Some 1100 ha Has Been Identified by Birdlife International As An Important Bird Area.
(20.21)
Price: 50.00 euro
Size: 33x24cm./12.9×9.4inch.
Weight: 836gr./29.4oz.
Year: 2016
Pages: 108
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Book made in North Korea, 2016. English edition. Newly published in 2016. Faux leather with gold gilt lettering. Spectacular images of interior and grounds of the Kumsusan Palace, resting place of Leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il.
The Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, formerly the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, and sometimes referred to as the Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il Mausoleum, is a building near the northeast corner of the city of Pyongyang that serves as the mausoleum for Kim Il-sung, the founder of North Korea, and for his son Kim Jong-il, both posthumously designated as Eternal President and Eternal General Secretary of North Korea. The palace was built in 1976 as the Kumsusan Assembly Hall and served as Kim Il-sung’s official residence. Following the elder Kim’s death in 1994, Kim Jong-il had the building renovated and transformed into his father’s mausoleum.
Inside the palace, Kim Il-sung’s embalmed body lies inside a clear glass sarcophagus. His head rests on a traditional Korean buckwheat pillow and his body is covered by the flag of the Workers’ Party of Korea. Kim Jong-il is now on display in a room close to his father’s remains and positioned in a very similar way. At 115,000 square feet (10,700 m2), Kumsusan is the largest mausoleum dedicated to a Communist leader and the only one to house the remains of multiple people. Some halls inside the building are up to 1 kilometre (3,300 ft) long. It is fronted by a large square, approximately 500 metres (1,600 ft) in length.mIt is bordered on its northern and eastern sides by a moat.
Foreign visitors can access the palace only on an official government tour. Photography, videotaping, and smoking are not permitted anywhere inside the palace. The palace plaza, though, is open all week, and is a venue for national rallies. Adjoining rooms are filled with some of Kim Il-sung’s possessions, as well as gifts and awards he received from around the world.
(35.21)
Price: 55.00 euro
Size: 37.5×26.5cm./12.9x10inch.
Weight: 1625gr./24.6oz.
Year: 2002
Pages: 172
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Book made in North Korea, 2002, with the scenery of Mt. Paektu. The mountain plays an important mythological and cultural role in both Korean states. For instance, it is mentioned in both of their national anthems and is depicted on the National Emblem of North Korea.
Both Koreans assign a mythical quality to the volcano and its caldera lake, considering it to be their country’s spiritual home. With 2744m./9003ft. it is the highest mountain in North Korea, the Korean Peninsula and Northeast China. The mountain’s caldera was created in 946 by the colossal Tianchi eruption, one of the most violent eruptions in the last 5,000 years.
The founder of the first Korean Empire, King Tangun, was born on this mountain 3000 years ago. According to legend his father, Godly King Hwanung, was decended on this mountain, married a bear wich was turned into a woman and out of that Tangun was born.
Tangun is not the first leader to be born on Mt. Paektu. None other than Kim Jong Il (father of the current leader Kim Jong Un) was born in a cabin on Mt. Paektu. This would have happened during the Korean War.
In the Korean war, Kim Il Sung (Kim Jong Il’s father and founder of the North Korean state) was forced to withdraw his troops to the far north of the country under pressure from the Americans during the Korean war. He took refuge in Mt. Paektu. He found an ally in the Chinese and managed to fight his way back until the current status quo was reached.
(22.21)
Price: 45.00 euro
Size: 33×25.5cm./12.9x10inch.
Weight: 700gr./24.6oz.
Year: 1995
Pages: 131
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Book made in North Korea, 1995. Beautiful made book about the crater lake on Mt. Paektu with fold outs. The mountain plays an important mythological and cultural role in both Korean states. For instance, it is mentioned in both of their national anthems and is depicted on the National Emblem of North Korea.
Both Koreans assign a mythical quality to the volcano and its caldera lake, considering it to be their country’s spiritual home. With 2744m./9003ft. it is the highest mountain in North Korea, the Korean Peninsula and Northeast China. The mountain’s caldera was created in 946 by the colossal Tianchi eruption, one of the most violent eruptions in the last 5,000 years.
The founder of the first Korean Empire, King Tangun, was born on this mountain 3000 years ago. According to legend his father, Godly King Hwanung, was decended on this mountain, married a bear wich was turned into a woman and out of that Tangun was born.
Tangun is not the first leader to be born on Mt. Paektu. None other than Kim Jong Il (father of the current leader Kim Jong Un) was born in a cabin on Mt. Paektu. This would have happened during the Korean War.
In the Korean war, Kim Il Sung (Kim Jong Il’s father and founder of the North Korean state) was forced to withdraw his troops to the far north of the country under pressure from the Americans during the Korean war. He took refuge in Mt. Paektu. He found an ally in the Chinese and managed to fight his way back until the current status quo was reached.
(3.21)
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 29.5×21cm./11.6×8.2inch.
Weight: 150gr./5.2oz.
Year: 2005
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book made in North Korea, 2005. Information on the Kimjongilia Begonia flower, the flower of Kim Jong Il of North Korea.
(7.21)
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 25.5×18.5cm./10×7.2inch.
Weight: 150gr./5.2oz.
Pages: 52
Year: 2009
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book made in North Korea, 2009, about the Sinchon Museum. The Sinchon Museum of American War Atrocities is a museum dedicated to the Sinchon Massacre, an massacre of North Korean civilians carried out by South Korean and US troops during the Korean War. The museum is located in Sinchon County of North Korea.,In July 2015, the museum was rebuilt and moved to a new location in the country.
The Sinchon Museum of American War Atrocities houses exhibits the deaths of over 35,000 people from 17 October to 7 December in 1950, at the same period of time when the major cities of North Korea, such as Pyongyang (the capital city) and Hamhung, were under wartime occupation by South Korean, American and United Nations military forces.
Kim Il Sung visited the museum in 1953 and 1958, as did his son, Kim Jong Il, who paid a visit there in 1962 and 1998. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un (the son of Kim Jong Il and the grandson of Kim Il Sung) visited the museum along with his sister in 2014.
(5.21)
Price: 12.00 euro
Size: 27x21cm./10.6×8.2inch.
Weight: 242gr./8.5oz.
Pages: 48
Year: 1998
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book made in North Korea, 1998, about the “The People In The Walled City Of Pyongyang” opera.
(25.21)
Price: 35.00 euro
Size: 30x21cm./11.8×8.2inch.
Weight: 645gr./14.5oz.
Pages: 139
Year: 2014
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book made in North Korea, 2014, about the Victorious War Museum. The Victorious War Museum, or the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum, is a history/military museum dedicated to the Korean War located in the North Korean capital-city of Pyongyang. The museum was first set up in August 1953 and built in the Central District of Pyongyang, initially named as the “Fatherland Liberation War Museum.” In April 1963, it was relocated to the Sosong District and re-established in a purpose-built building compound. In 2014, the museum was renovated and upgraded significantly and the new design included a building spanning across the nearby Botong River, together with a large panorama-style display hall at the top.
(13.21)
Price: 20.00 euro
Size: 26x19cm./10×7.4inch.
Weight: 413gr./14.5oz.
Pages: 122
Year: 1999
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book made in North Korea, 1999, about the Ryongmun Cavern. Formed hundreds of millions of years ago (as such geological formations tend to be), this vast limestone cave complex consists of both large caverns and smaller side-systems. Many parts are illuminated in garish colours, like a 1980s school disco.
While the larger caverns can be up to 40m in height there are also smaller tunnels to navigate, with staircases bolted and carved into the rock to allow access. It is not particularly strenuous to get through the system, no crawling or climbing is needed, but a steady tread, decent shows, and being able to duck under some sharp stalactites is important. A basic hike down here is 2-3 km, the cave itself extends for 7km.
(7.21)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 25.5×18.5cm./10×7.2inch.
Weight: 174gr./6.1oz.
Year: 1995
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book made in North Korea, 1995, about the Mangyongdae Schoolchildren’s Palace. The Mangyongdae Children’s Palace in Pyongyang is a public facility managed by Korean Youth Corps in North Korea where pioneer members can engage in extra-curricular activities, such as learning music, foreign languages, computing skills and sports.
It was established on 2 May 1989 and it is situated in Kwangbok (Liberation) Street, in the north of Mangyongdae-guyok. It is the largest of the palaces in North Korea dedicated to children’s after-school activities. In front of the Children’s Palace there are a grand sculpture group and two enormous fountains, rising 90 and 100 metres. The Mangyongdae Children’s Palace has 120 rooms, a swimming pool, a gymnasium and a 2,000-seat theatre. The Mangyongdae Children’s Palace is not to be confused with the Pyongyang Children’s Palace situated in the north of the Kim Il-sung Square and founded in 1963.
(7.21)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 24.5x18cm./9.6x7inch.
Weight: 231gr./8.1oz.
Year: 1993
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book made in North Korea, 1993, about King Tongmyong’s Tomb. The Tomb of King Tongmyong is a mausoleum located in near Ryongsan-ri, Ryokpo-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea. One of the tombs is the royal tomb of Dongmyeong (58–19 BC), the founder of the ancient Goguryeo kingdom, northernmost of the Three Kingdoms of Korea.
In total, there are 63 individual tombs of the period. The area around the Tongmyong contains at least fifteen known tombs believed to belong to various vassal lords. The tomb has achieved World Heritage status as part of the Complex of Koguryo Tombs inscribed by UNESCO in 2004 and covers an area of 233 hectares (580 acres) with a buffer zone of 1,701 hectares (4,200 acres). A unique feature of this and the other extant tombs in the area are its wall paintings depicting lotuses blossoming of that period indicative of Buddhism practiced in Korea (277 BC to 668 AD).
(7.21)
Price: 12.50 euro
Size: 25.5x18cm./10x7inch.
Weight: 155gr./5.4oz.
Year: 1995
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book made in North Korea, 1995, about the tomb of King Tangun. Tangun was the legendary founder and god king of Gojoseon, the first Korean kingdom. He is said to be the “grandson of heaven” and “son of a bear”, and to have founded the kingdom in 2333 BC.
North Korea’s leader Kim Il Sung said that Tangun was not merely a legend but a real historical person. North Korean archaeologists located the remains and grave of Tangun.
According to a publication by North Korea, the Mausoleum of Tangun is the burial site of the legendary Tangun. Tangun’s grave is shaped like a pyramid, about 22 m (72 ft) high and 50 m (164 ft) on each side.
(3.21)
Price: 6.00 euro
Size: 20.5×14.5cm./5.7×3.9inch.
Weight: 41gr./0.9oz.
Year: 1989
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book made in North Korea, 1989, about the Chilgol Revolutionary Site. Chilgol is known as the place where Kang Pan-sok, the mother of Kim Il-sung, North Korea’s first leader, was born in 1892 and spent her childhood.
The area features many buildings and fixtures related to Kim Il-sung’s life. Kim attended Changdok School in Chilgol between 1923 and 1925. Kang Pan-sok’s father Kang Ton-uk founded the school. Kim Il-sung’s desk, in the front of the classroom and left of the teacher, remains preserved there.
There are statues for Kim Il-sung, Kang Pan-sok, and Kang Ton-uk, and a marked spot where Kim Il-sung used to read among the trees outside. Also on the premises is Chilgol Church, which Kang Pan-sok used to attend, sometimes with Kim Il-sung, and Chilgol Museum of Revolutionary History. The museum houses Kang Pan-sok’s possessions including kitchen utensils. Kang Pan-sok Senior Middle School in Chilgol is named after her.
(2.21)
Price: 5.00 euro
Size: 14.5x10cm./5.7×3.9inch.
Weight: 26gr./0.9oz.
Year: 1995
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book made in North Korea, 1995, about Mangyongdae. Mangyongdae is a neighborhood in Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea. It is the birthplace of North Korean leader Kim Il-sung, although in his memoirs he wrote that he had been born in the nearby neighborhood of Chilgol. Mangyongdae is where his father, Kim Hyong-jik was from, and where Kim Il-sung spent his childhood. Mangyongdae has been designated as a historic site since 1947, and is listed as a Revolutionary Site. Original structures at the site have been replaced with replicas. Mangyongdae has since been incorporated to the city of Pyongyang. The Football at the Mangyongdae Prize Sports Games and Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon are both named after the area.
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 18.5×12.5cm./7.2×4.9inch.
Weight: 50gr./1.7oz.
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book made in the DPRK around 1980. The book is about Nampo City. Nampo was originally a small fishing village that became a port for foreign trade in 1897, developing into a modern port in 1945 after World War II.
With the rapid increase in state investment, the city’s industrial capacity grew. Some of the city’s industrial facilities include the city’s Smelter Complex, Glass Corporation, Shipbuilding Complex, Fishery Complex, and other central and local factories.
Nampo is a center for the DPRK shipbuilding industry. North of the city are facilities for freight transportation, aquatic products, and fishery, and a sea salt factory. Apples grown in the city’s Ryonggang district are a famous local product.
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 18.5x11cm./7.2×4.3inch.
Weight: 54cm./1.9oz.
Year: 1980
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book made in North Korea, 1980. The book is about Mount Kumsang-San and comes with a map and a letter.
Mount Kumgang or the Kumgang Mountains are a mountain range, with a 1,638-metre-high (5,374 ft) Birobong peak, in Kangwon-do, North Korea. It is one of the best-known mountains in North Korea.. It is located on the east coast of the country, in Mount Kumgang Tourist Region, formerly part of Kangwŏn Province. Mount Kumgang is part of the Taebaek mountain range which runs along the east of the Korean Peninsula.
Price: 35.00 euro
Size: 26.5×22.5cm./10.4×8.8inch.
Weight: 608gr./21.4oz.
Year: 1992
Pages: 104
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book made in North Korea, 1992. Made for the 10th. April Spring Friendship Art Festival held in 1992.
The first festival was held in April Juche 71(1982). Since then, attendances have increased to develop into a great international art festival. The performances are given at several theatres and cultural houses in Pyongyang. On the stages are colourful items including vocal and instrumental music, dances and circus shows.
Commemorial medals are presented to the participants and prizes to the groups and individuals which show good performance.
(45.21)
Price: 45.00 euro
Size: 27x23cm./10.6x9inch.
Weight: 709gr./25oz.
Year: 1981
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book made in North Korea, 1981. Great picture book about Mt. Kumsang-San.
Mount Kumgang or the Kumgang Mountains are a mountain range, with a 1,638-metre-high (5,374 ft) Birobong peak, in Kangwon-do, North Korea. It is one of the best-known mountains in North Korea.. It is located on the east coast of the country, in Mount Kumgang Tourist Region, formerly part of Kangwŏn Province. Mount Kumgang is part of the Taebaek mountain range which runs along the east of the Korean Peninsula.
Price: 55.00 euro
Size: 29.5x22cm./11.6×8.6inch.
Weight: 1382gr./48.7oz.
Year: 1979
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book made in North Korea, 1979. Book about Kim Il Sung and his achievements. Lot’s of pictures inside the book.
Kim was the son of parents who fled to Manchuria during his childhood to escape the Japanese rule of Korea. He attended elementary school in Manchuria and, while still a student, joined a communist youth organization. He was arrested and jailed for his activities with the group in 1929–30. After Kim’s release from prison, he joined the Korean guerrilla resistance against the Japanese occupation sometime during the 1930s and adopted the name of an earlier legendary Korean guerrilla fighter against the Japanese. Kim was noticed by the Soviet military authorities, who sent him to the Soviet Union for military and political training. There he joined the local Communist Party.
During World War II, Kim led a Korean contingent as a major in the Soviet army. After the Japanese surrender in 1945, Korea was effectively divided between a Soviet-occupied northern half and a U.S.-supported southern half. At this time Kim returned with other Soviet-trained Koreans to establish a communist provisional government under Soviet auspices in what would become North Korea. He became the first premier of the newly formed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1948, and in 1949 he became chairman of the Korean Workers’ (communist) Party.
In 1950 the Korean war started. . With help of Chinese support he was able to repel a subsequent invasion of North Korea by UN forces. The Korean War ended in a stalemate in 1953.
Kim Il Sung was leader of North Korea from 1948 until 1994 when he died. He outlived Stalin by 4 decades, Mao Zedong with 2, and stayed in power long enough to outrun 6 South Korean presidents, 9 USA presidents and 21 Japanese prime ministers. After his death his son Kim Jong Il became the leader of North Korea.
The North Korean government to this day refers Kim Il Sung as the Supreme Leader and the Eternal President.
(25.21)
Price: 25.00 euro
Size: 30x26cm./11.8×10.2inch.
Weight: 1350gr./47.6oz.
Year: 1989
Pages: 160
Book made in North Korea, 1989. Pictorial book about the sacred Mt. Paektu. There is some damage on the cover.
The mountain plays an important mythological and cultural role in both Korean states. For instance, it is mentioned in both of their national anthems and is depicted on the National Emblem of North Korea.
Both Koreans assign a mythical quality to the volcano and its caldera lake, considering it to be their country’s spiritual home. With 2744m./9003ft. it is the highest mountain in North Korea, the Korean Peninsula and Northeast China. The mountain’s caldera was created in 946 by the colossal Tianchi eruption, one of the most violent eruptions in the last 5,000 years.
The founder of the first Korean Empire, King Tangun, was born on this mountain 3000 years ago. According to legend his father, Godly King Hwanung, was decended on this mountain, married a bear wich was turned into a woman and out of that Tangun was born. Tangun is not the first leader to be born on Mt. Paektu. Also Kim Jong Il (father of the current leader Kim Jong Un) was born in a cabin on Mt. Paektu. This would have happened during the Korean War.
Kim Il Sung set up secret bases around Mt. Paektuto lead the Korean revolution as a whole from the latter half of the 1930’s to the first half of the 1940’s during the anti Japanese armed struggle.
Price: 17.50 euro
Size: 29.5x21cm./11.6×8.2inch.
Weight: 728gr./25.6oz.
Year: 1989
Pages: 168
Book made in North Korea, 1989. It is a picture book about the 13th, festival of youths and students held in 1989.
The 13th World Festival of Youth and Students (WFYS) was held from 1–8 July 1989 in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, and was organized by the World Federation of Democratic Youth. It was described as the largest international event staged in North Korea of the time. Ultimately declared as the largest ever World Festival of Youth and Students, about 22,000 people from 177 countries took part in the festival, including 100 people from the United States. For eight days starting on 1 July 1989.
The students participated in political discussions, sports competitions, and other activities. The next festival was held in Cuba in 1997.
Price: 85.00 euro
Size: 29.5x23cm./11.6x9inch.
Weight: 1672gr./60oz.
Year: 1982
Pages: 366
Book made in North Korea, 1982. Stunning picture book with many pictures from dozens of leaders of foreign country’s visiting North Korea. Unique and rare book.
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 25.5x18cm./10x7inch.
Weight: 275gr./9.7oz.
Year: 2006
Pages: 88
Book made in North Korea. Color Pictorial of history of economic development of land resources including farms, towns, villages, forests, and coastlines in North Korea.
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 21x19cm./8.2×7.4inch.
Weight: 113gr./3.9oz.
Year: 1990
Pages: 38
Pictorial book made in North Korea, 1990. The book is about the large number of sport facilities in the capital of the DPRK, Pyongyang, such as the Kim Il Sung Stadium, the May Day Stadium, the Yanggakdo Football Stadium, the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium and other sport facilities. The picture album introduces some of the sport facilities in Pyingyang,
(45.21)
Price: 45.00 euro
Size: 29x22cm./11.4×8.6inch.
Weight: 591gr./20.8oz.
Year: 1983
Book made in North Korea about their agriculture, 1983 with lot’s of pictures. From the book:”Agriculture is making rapid progress in our country under the wise guidance of the great leader President Kim Il Sung and the Worker’s Party of Korea. The great leader President Kim Il Sung said:”Our Party defined agriculture as one of the main fronts of socialist economic construction, and has always directed great efforts to it’s development”.
Price: 10.00 euro
Size: 25.5x19cm./10×7.4inch.
Weight: 204gr./7.1oz.
Year: 1989
Pages: 80
Picture book from North Korea made in 1989. It contains pictures from the Korean Central History Museum.
Displayed in this museum are historical remains and materials showing the struggle and creative activities in the long period from the old Stone Age to the March First Popular Uprising in 1919. The remains and materials of the primitive age are displayed in order of age-the Old Stone Age, the New Stone Age and the Bronze Age.
Included are relics in the periods of Kojoson, Puyo, Chinkuk, Koguryo, Paekje, Silla, Palhae and Li dynasties.
(25.21)
Price: 25.00 euro
Size: 25.5×18.5cm./10×7.2inch.
Weight: 195gr./6.8oz.
Year: 1992
Picture book made in North Korea, 1992. It features lots of pictures of the army parade to celebrate their 60 year anniversary.
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 24.5x19cm./9.6×7.4inch.
Weight: 94gr./3.3oz.
Pages: 27
Book made in North Korea, probably in the early 1980’s.
Kim Il Sung set up secret bases around Mt. Paektuto lead the Korean revolution as a whole from the latter half of the 1930’s to the first half of the 1940’s during the anti Japanese armed struggle.
The mountain plays an important mythological and cultural role in both Korean states. For instance, it is mentioned in both of their national anthems and is depicted on the National Emblem of North Korea.
Both Koreans assign a mythical quality to the volcano and its caldera lake, considering it to be their country’s spiritual home. With 2744m./9003ft. it is the highest mountain in North Korea, the Korean Peninsula and Northeast China. The mountain’s caldera was created in 946 by the colossal Tianchi eruption, one of the most violent eruptions in the last 5,000 years.
The founder of the first Korean Empire, King Tangun, was born on this mountain 3000 years ago. According to legend his father, Godly King Hwanung, was decended on this mountain, married a bear wich was turned into a woman and out of that Tangun was born. Tangun is not the first leader to be born on Mt. Paektu. Also Kim Jong Il (father of the current leader Kim Jong Un) was born in a cabin on Mt. Paektu. This would have happened during the Korean War.
Price: 25.00 euro
Size: 28x22cm./11×8.6inch.
Weight: 301gr./10.6oz.
Year: 1982
Pages: 79
Publisher: Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyong Yang, Korea
Book made in North Korea, 1982. Intresting and rare book about the International Friendship Exhibition. It is made in the English and Russian language. From the book:”The International Friendship Exhibition is located on Mt. Myohyang, one of the five famous mountains in Korea. On display there are gifts presented to the respected leader President Kim Il Sung by Party and government leaders, public workers and people of various sections in over 120 countries”.
(22.5.21)
Price: 22.50 euro
Size: 25.5×18.5cm./10.7.2inch.
Weight: 206gr./7.2oz.
Year: 1982
Publisher: Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyong Yang, Korea
Book made in North Korea, 1982. Picture book about the Kim Il Sung university. The book is made in the English and Russian language.
The Kim Il-sung University, founded on 1 October 1946, is the first university built in North Korea. It is located on a 15-hectare (37-acre) campus in Pyongyang, the nation’s capital. Along with the main academic buildings, the campus contains 10 separate offices, 50 laboratories, libraries, museums, a printing press, an R&D centre, dormitories and a hospital.
There is a sizeable computer lab, but it has only limited internet access. The university is named in honour of Kim Il-sung, the founder and first supreme leader of North Korea. Kim Il-sung University has around 16,000 enrolled students, and provides courses in the fields of social sciences, law, arts and sciences.
Courses in both the department of social sciences and the department of natural sciences take five years to complete.
Price: 22.50 euro
Size: 24.5x21cm./9.6×8.2inch.
Weight: 195gr./6.8oz.
Year: 1984
Publisher: Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyong Yang, Korea
Book made in North Korea, 1984. It is about the Kim Il Sung stadium and very rich in pictures. The book is written in English and French.
The Kim Il-sung Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium located in Pyongyang, the capital city of North Korea.
The stadium is used primarily for association football matches. Kim Il-sung Stadium was originally named the Girimri Stadium in 1926. This stadium held the annual Kyung-Pyong Football Match between Kyungsung FC and Pyongyang FC during the 1920s, 1930s and 1940s.
After the division of Korea, it was used as a venue for speeches by politicians. On 14 October 1945, it was the site of Kim Il-sung’s victory speech after the liberation of Pyongyang, called “Every Effort for the Building of a New Democratic Korea.”
Most of the stadium was destroyed during the 1950-1953 Korean War, mostly by U.S. aerial bombing of the capital city during those years. Rebuilt in 1969, it was then called Moranbong Stadium, but in April 1982 it was renovated and renamed in honour of Kim Il-sung. It is used mainly for football matches, and until the 1990s hosted the mass games (now held in Rungnado May Day Stadium).
(5.72.21)
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 23×17.5cm./9×6.8inch.
Weight: 87gr./3oz.
Year: 1977
Cultural picture book from Noth Korea made in 1977. The historic Monuments and Sites in Kaesong is an UNESCO World Heritage Site in Kaesong, North Korea. The site consists of 12 separate components, which together testify to the history and culture of the Koryo Dynasty from the 10th to 14th century.
(140.20)
(35.20)
Price: 140.00 euro
Size: 33x26cm./12.9×10.2inch.
Weight: 1924gr./70oz.
Year: 1960
Very hard to find North Korean book made in 1960. it shows pictures from all aspects of North Korean life from 1945 until 1960, such as agriculture, industry, and showing production figures. Also pictures of art and the eternal leader Kim Il Sung. Also 2 fold out pages wich is remarkable. One with the city skyline of Pyong Yang and one fold out page showing Korean wars.
(95.20)
(35.20)
Price: 95.00 euro
Size: 29.5x22cm./11.6×8.6inch.
Weight: 1238gr./45oz.
Pages: 247
Year: 1975
Beautiful rare propagandabook from North Korea, published in 1975 about the Juche culture. This book is extremely hard to find and the book find his way into Europe through different political activist groups and persons in the 1970’s.
The book is about the Juche and how it has influenced all aspects of North Korean life, such as architecture, Art, Culture and everyday life.
Juche is the official ideology of North Korea, described by the government as “Kim Il-sung’s original, brilliant and revolutionary contribution to national and international thought”.
It postulates that “man is the master of his destiny”, that the Korean masses are to act as the “masters of the revolution and construction” and that by becoming self-reliant and strong, a nation can achieve true socialism. Kim Il-sung (1912–1994) developed the ideology, which was originally viewed as a variant of Marxism–Leninism until it became distinctly Korean in character.
The Juche Tower in Pyong Yang.
(55.20)
(35.20)
Price: 55.00 euro
Size: 35.5×25.5cm./13.9x10inch.
Weight: 900gr./31oz.
Pages: 97
Year: 1995
Book about the history and life of Kim Il Sung, the founder and leader of North Korea, made in 1995.
Kim was the son of parents who fled to Manchuria during his childhood to escape the Japanese rule of Korea. He attended elementary school in Manchuria and, while still a student, joined a communist youth organization. He was arrested and jailed for his activities with the group in 1929–30. After Kim’s release from prison, he joined the Korean guerrilla resistance against the Japanese occupation sometime during the 1930s and adopted the name of an earlier legendary Korean guerrilla fighter against the Japanese. Kim was noticed by the Soviet military authorities, who sent him to the Soviet Union for military and political training. There he joined the local Communist Party.
During World War II, Kim led a Korean contingent as a major in the Soviet army. After the Japanese surrender in 1945, Korea was effectively divided between a Soviet-occupied northern half and a U.S.-supported southern half. At this time Kim returned with other Soviet-trained Koreans to establish a communist provisional government under Soviet auspices in what would become North Korea. He became the first premier of the newly formed Democratic People’s Republic of Korea in 1948, and in 1949 he became chairman of the Korean Workers’ (communist) Party.
Hoping to reunify Korea by force, Kim launched an invasion of South Korea in 1950, thereby igniting the Korean War. His attempt to extend his rule there was repelled by U.S. troops and other UN forces, however, and it was only through massive Chinese support that he was able to repel a subsequent invasion of North Korea by UN forces. The Korean War ended in a stalemate in 1953.
Kim Il Sung was leader of North Korea from 1948 until 1994 when he died. He outlived Stalin by 4 decades, Mao Zedong with 2, and stayed in power long enough to outrun 6 South Korean presidents, 9 USA presidents and 21 Japanese prime ministers. After his death his son Kim Jong Il became the leader of North Korea.
The North Korean goverment to this day refers Kim Il Sung as the Supreme Leader and the Eternal President.
Kim Il Sung With Che Guevara.
Kim Il Sung with Ho Chi Minh.
(75.20)
(35.20)
Price: 75.00 euro
Size: 29.5x23cm./11.6×9.05inch.
Weight: 1520gr./53.0z.
Pages: 257
Year: 1982
Another incredible North Korea book find. Propaganda book about the sacred Mount Paektu. Filled with many photos. Made in 1982. Cover is not perfect and has some damages.
The mountain plays an important mythological and cultural role in both Korean states. For instance, it is mentioned in both of their national anthems and is depicted on the National Emblem of North Korea.
Both Koreans assign a mythical quality to the volcano and its caldera lake, considering it to be their country’s spiritual home. With 2744m./9003ft. it is the highest mountain in North Korea, the Korean Peninsula and Northeast China. The mountain’s caldera was created in 946 by the colossal Tianchi eruption, one of the most violent eruptions in the last 5,000 years.
The founder of the first Korean Empire, King Tangun, was born on this mountain 3000 years ago. According to legend his father, Godly King Hwanung, was decended on this mountain, married a bear wich was turned into a woman and out of that Tangun was born.
Tangun is not the first leader to be born on Mt. Paektu. None other than Kim Jong Il (father of the current leader Kim Jong Un) was born in a cabin on Mt. Paektu. This would have happened during the Korean War.
In the Korean war, Kim Il Sung (Kim Jong Il’s father and founder of the North Korean state) was forced to withdraw his troops to the far north of the country under pressure from the Americans during the Korean war. He took refuge in Mt. Paektu. He found an ally in the Chinese and managed to fight his way back until the current status quo was reached. The story that Kim Jong Il was born on Mt. Paektu, was very important to give him a bit of “divine” power.
Famous image of Kim Il Sung and hi son Kim Jong Il on Mount Paektu.
Current leader Kim Jong Un on his visit on Mount Paektu
Kim Jong Il with his parants and the cabin he was born.
(75.20)
(35.20)
Price: 75.00 euro
Size: 28x22cm./11.02×8.6inch.
Weight: 1220gr./44oz.
Pages: 223
Year: 1975
Amazing North Korean propagandabook from 1975. Incredible hard find. Cover has some age signs but the book itself is in very good condition, with lots of pictures of North Korea, North Korean people and offcourse Kim Il Sung.
(70.20)
(35.20)
Price: 70.00 euro
Size: 29.5×22.5cm./11.6×8.9inch.
Weight: 1349gr./51oz.
Pages: 317
Year: 1986
Rare book from North Korea from 1986. Awesome propaganda book. Filled with photos of every aspect of North Korea. Culture, Nature, Industry, Eductation, Production, Architecture and Agriculture.
(15.20)
(5.19)
Price: 15.00 euro
Size: 25×18.5cm./9.8×7.2inch.
Weight: 57gr./2oz.
Year: 1982
For sale at http://www.propagandaworld.org
Book from North Korea, 1982. The book came out in the same year the Arch Of triumph was built in Pyonyang. Published by Foreign Languages Publishing House, Pyingyang, partly in the Russian language.
The Arch of Triumph is an arch in Pyongyang. It was built to commemorate the Korean resistance to Japan from 1925 to 1945. It is the second tallest triumphal arch in the world standing 60 m (197 ft) high and 50 m (164 ft) wide.
The monument was built to honour and glorify President Kim Il Sung’s role in the military resistance for Korean independence. Inaugurated on the occasion of his 70th birthday, each of its 25,500 blocks of white granite represents a day of his life up to that point. The structure is modeled after the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, but is 10 metres (33 ft) taller. The arch is illuminated at night and has its own single cylinder diesel generator in case of main power failure.
Arch the Triumph in Pyon Yang
Arch the Triumph in Pyon Yang
(85.20)
(10.19)
Price: 85.00 euro
Size: 30x22cm./11.8×8.6inch
Weight: 1160gr./40.9oz.
Pages: 222
Year: 2015
Book from North Korea, 2015, titled: Seventy Years Of Brilliant Leadership. Spectacular pictorial published by North Korea in 2015 on the 70th Anniversary of the Founding of the Workers’ Party of Korea, in celebration of 70 years of glorious revolutionary accomplishment under the leadership of Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un and the Workers’ Party of Korea.
Foreign Languages Publishing House.
The symbol of North Korea’s Workers party
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