Inside North Korea

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Inside North Korea. Pastel Dreams

The powerful architecture of North Korea

Erased by bombing during the Korean War, North Korea?s trophy capital of Pyongyang was entirely rebuilt from scratch from 1953, in line with the vision of the nation?s founder, Kim Il Sung. Designed as an imposing stage set, it is a place of grand axial boulevards linking gargantuan monuments, lined with stately piles of distinctly Korean flavor, to be ?national in form and socialist in content.?

Under the present leader, Kim Jong Un, construction has ramped up apace??

Let us turn the whole country into a socialist fairyland,? declares one of his official patriotic slogans. He is rapidly transforming Pyongyang into a p