• The Kim Chol Ju University of Education is a university in Sŏn'gyo-guyŏk, Pyongyang, North Korea. The university was established on October 1, 1946, as...
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    country's first leader, Kim Il Sung. The Juche Tower is situated on the east bank of the River Taedong, directly opposite Kim Il Sung Square on the west...
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    stocks North Korean reading material including treatises of Presidents Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il. In addition to the revolving restaurant, the hotel...
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    Kim Il Sung (/kɪm ɪlˈsʌŋ, -ˈsʊŋ/; Korean: 김일성, Korean pronunciation: [kimils͈ʌŋ]; born Kim Sung Ju; 15 April 1912 – 8 July 1994) was a North Korean politician...
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  • Kim Jong-chul (Korean: 김정철; born 25 September 1981), sometimes spelled Kim Jong Chol, is a son of former North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Il. His younger...
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    Ryugyong Hotel (redirect from Hotel of Doom)
    completed in 2011. The hotel was planned to open in 2012, the centenary of founding leader Kim Il Sung's birth. A partial opening was announced for 2013, but this...
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    Kim Yong-chol (Korean: 김영철; born 1946) is a North Korean general and politician. From February 2009 to January 2016 he was the director of the Reconnaissance...
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    only diocese in northern Korea. After the division of Korea, however, the Communist government under Kim Il Sung persecuted Christians as imperialist collaborators...
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    The church is presided over by Rector Feodor Kim (Kim Hoe-il) and Deacon John Ra (Ra Gwan-chol), graduates of the theological seminary in Moscow. Very few...
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    said that Kim Jong Un attended the private International School of Berne in Gümligen in Switzerland under the name "Chol-pak" or "Pak-chol" from 1993...
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    Pyongyang (redirect from Kim Il-Sung City)
    higher education establishments include Kim Chaek University of Technology, Pyongyang University of Music and Dance and Pyongyang University of Foreign...
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    Workers' Party of Korea members and all of them had removed their Kim Il-sung lapel pins. "This church is a sacred place. We call it the 'house of heaven'....
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    restaurant at a height of 150 metres (490 ft) in Pyongyang, North Korea. The tower stands in Kaeson Park in Moranbong-guyok, north of Kim Il-sung Stadium. The...
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    under Kim Il Sung, it was intended to "showcase the glory and strength of the DPRK." The hotel is rated five stars by North Korea. A section of the hotel...
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    Sunan-guyok (category Districts of Pyongyang)
    Sunan-guyŏk, or Sunan District is one of the 18 guyŏk that constitute Pyongyang, North Korea. Pyongyang Sunan International Airport is in the district...
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    "Kim's First Major Pyongyang Apartment Project Is Close to Opening". 38north.org. Retrieved May 19, 2024. "N. Korean leader celebrates completion of major...
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    Geum-Soon (?), Shin Heisoo (born 1950), Lee Hyun-Sook (?), Maria Rhie Chol-soon (?), Kim Sook-Im (?) and Jeong Yu-Jin (?). "Alfred Nobel's will". nobelprize...
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    careers. List of universities and colleges in South Korea Korea University (Japan) Library of Congress country study, see p. 7 for Education and Literacy...
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  • ranks of the new communist administration. Immediately, it declared that it would support the country's leader Kim Il Sung and oppose the formation of the...
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    The Kim Il Sung University Educator's Apartment, (Korean: 김일성종합대학 교육자 아파트) also known as the KISU Residential Towers, are two high-rise residential skyscrapers...
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  • Sok-ju Ri Yong-mu O Kuk-ryol Kim Won-hong Kim Yang-gon Kim Yong-il Kim Phyong-hae Kwak Pom-gi Mun Kyong-dok Choe Pu-il Kim Chang-sop Ro Tu-chol Jo Yon-jun...
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    Architecture portal List of tallest buildings in North Korea Ryomyong New Town Building 1 Building 2 Building 3 News com au. Kim Jong-un opens 'luxury'...
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    Pyongchon-guyok (category Districts of Pyongyang)
    the location of the Mansudae Art Studio and School, the Pyongyang Chang Chol Gu University of Commerce [ko], the Pyongyang University of Printing Industrial...
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    Hwasong-guyok (category Districts of Pyongyang)
    Hwasong-guyok or Hwasong District is one of the 19 guyŏk (districts) that constitute Pyongyang, North Korea. The district was created from areas close...
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    centre of Pyongyang, the district holds many of the city's most important buildings. The famous Kim Il-sung Square is located along the banks of the Taedong...
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    Panghyon-dong (category Geography of Pyongyang)
    exclave of the city of Pyongyang, North Korea, used as a missile base. It is located near the city of Kusong, which it was formerly part of. The neighbourhood...
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    Mangyongdae District of Pyongyang, the capital city of North Korea. It was opened on 1 May 1989 and is situated on the junction of Chongchun Street and...
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  • Kim Han-sol (Korean: 김한솔, born 16 June 1995) is the eldest son of Kim Jong-nam and a grandson of the former North Korean ruler Kim Jong-il. His father...
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    It is one of two Protestant churches in the country. It is dedicated to Kang Pan-sok, who was a Presbyterian deaconess and the mother of Kim Il Sung. The...
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    original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 15 October 2015. Kim Chol-u (2002). Songun Politics of Kim Jong Il (PDF). Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing...
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