Streets of Pyongyang 1 of 3 The Pyongyang metro, which comprises two public lines, doubles as a nuclear bunker and is the deepest metro system in the world. [5], Headquarters of the Workers' Party of Korea, "Pyongyang authorities block windows of hundreds of high-rise apartments", "Major construction underway in North Korea's central government complex: imagery", "North Korean ruling party HQ sees more upgrades ahead of major April events", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Forbidden_City_(Pyongyang)&oldid=971308430, Short description with empty Wikidata description, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 5 August 2020, at 09:31. People paint them yearly in spring in warm colors (pink, blue and yellow) and they are all occupied with families. No. By Josh Smith. Wanggeom-seong, which was in the location of Pyongyang, became the capital of Gojoseon from 194 to 108 BC. Designer brands and stocked supermarkets the new reality on streets of Pyongyang unfazed by nuclear threat. My partner and I are in Pyongyang on a five-day tour planned around the occasion, which marked the truce at the end of the 1950 to 1953 Korean War. Sold by Amazon.com Services LLC. Walking between the people. The NK Pro, NK News and KCNA Watch websites do not support private mode or incognito browsing. Media in category "Streets in Pyongyang" The following 110 files are in this category, out of 110 total. Take along small denominations as shops may not have change for denominations larger than 100 yuan (S$20) or €50. Mirae Scientist Street . Join the influential community of members who rely on NK News original news and in-depth reporting. A few weeks ago in the Photos From the Road series I brought you pictures from the streets of Seoul, the South Korean capital.This week I’m bringing you photographs from the other side. The Streets of Pyongyang Michiel / April 10, 2017 Pyongyang looks like a city that was created in the 50s and 60s, where the architect got the assignment to make it feel like the year 2000. As his female counterpart repeats it, she ducks her head briefly, seemingly abashed at the baldness of his statement. On Victory Day, university students perform mass dances at Kim Il Sung Square while other North Koreans pay their respects at the towering bronze statues of late presidents Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. However, at least two informed sources indicated that the replacement of the traffic ladies would likely be permanent, and had been ordered due to senior leadership concerns about their wellbeing during the heat of summer and frigid cold of winter. Specialist news and analysis, research tools, and unique data sets. Leadership concerned over the wellbeing of traffic officers in winter cold and summer heat, some sources say, Photos: North Korea’s cinematic military parade was both high-tech and emotional, North Korea sends mixed signals on COVID-19 at post-military parade events, Filmmaker spends 10 years secretly recording North Korea’s shady dealings. Pan created his own 360-degree camera rig by taking a GoPro HERO4 Black action camera and replacing the original lens with a 280-degree lens by Entaniya. However, as time went on it emerged that many of the female traffic controllers continued working regardless, in some cases actually manually operating nearby electronic traffic light systems. Some indeed look bored and tired, while others a little more cheerful, but all of them execute the steps flawlessly. The tourist hotel Get unlimited access to The Straits Times and more at S$ 0.99/month. While he listened to the […] Pyongyang's famous traffic ladies have mostly disappeared from intersections throughout the city, multiple informed sources have indicated to NK News. However, Japan’s Chosun Sinbo, a pro-North Korea newspaper which largely reflects the Pyongyang propaganda line, in 2015 capitalized on its local access to conduct an interview with one of the cities’ traffic wardens, Ryu Jong Hye. But I am more interested in North Korean products and zero in on their version of soju, a harsher and more industrial take on the South Korean variety of distilled rice liquor.