 Juche Tower on the Taedong River across from Kim Il Sung Square, Pyongyang |
 Juche Tower erected in 1982 |
 Juche Tower, 170m tall |
 Monumental statues next to Juche Tower |
 3 of the 6 monumental statues next to Juche Tower |
 3 of the 6 monumental statues next to Juche Tower |
 The second set of monumental statues next to Juche Tower |
 Stone plaques donated from Juche organizations around the world |
 ...from the New York Group for the Study of Kimilsungism |
 "Juche" is part of the national ideology of the DPRK and means "self-reliance" |
 Looking across the plaza around Juche Tower to Kim Il Sung Square |
 Statue at the base of Juche Tower - farmer, worker, intellectual |
 Statue at the base of Juche Tower |
 Juche Tower, Pyongyang |
 The Taedong River and People's Great Study House, Pyongyang |
 The Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang |
 Statue at the base of Juche Tower |
 Statue at the base of Juche Tower |
 Juche Tower, Pyongyang |
 Juche Tower, Pyongyang |
 Juche Tower, Pyongyang |
 주체 - Juche Tower, Pyongyang |
 Some of our group along the Taedong River at Juche Tower |
 Our guide Kim Song Sim with the late afternoon sun shining off the Taedong River |
 Our guide Kim Song Sim |
 Statue at the base of Juche Tower |
 Juche Tower, Pyongyang |
 Mr. Oh making sure we don't wander too far |
 Promenade along the Taedong River, Pyongyang |
 Late afternoon in August, Pyongyang |
 Taedong River and the Grand People's Study House |
 Taedong River and the Grand People's Study House |
 The Yanggakdo Hotel in the distance with the Taedong Bridge |
 Juche Tower, Pyongyang |
 Juche Tower, Pyongyang |
 Juche Tower, Pyongyang |
 Juche Tower, Pyongyang |
 Juche Tower, Pyongyang |
 Statue group next to Juche Tower |
 Statue group next to Juche Tower |
 Juche Tower plaza, Pyongyang |
 Painting of the crater lake of Mt. Paektu, Juche Tower |
 View east from Juche Tower |
 orea Documentary Film Studio at the base of Juche Tower |
 View northeast from Juche Tower, Pyongyang |
 View southeast from Juche Tower, Pyongyang |
 Panorama of the view to the east of Juche Tower |
 View towards the Monument to Party Founding from Juche Tower |
 The Monument to Party Founding seen from Juche Tower |
 Some of the few pre-war looking single-story buildings in central Pyongyang |
 View of Pyongyang from Juche Tower |
 View NE from Juche Tower, Pyongyang |
 Looking north along the Taedong River from Juche Tower, Pyongyang |
 Panorama of the northern view from Juche Tower |
 The Ryugyong Hotel dominating Pyongyang |
 Late afternoon view west from Juche Tower |
 Kim Il Sung Square from Juche Tower |
 Kim Il Sung Square from Juche Tower |
 The Ryugyong Hotel, Pyongyang |
 Juchesasangthap Street on the east bank of the Taedong River |
 Central Youth Hall, Pyongyang |
 Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang |
 View south along the Taedong River to the Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang |
 View south along the Taedong River to the Yanggakdo Hotel, Pyongyang |
 Plaza next to Juche Tower |
 East bank of the Taedong River in central Pyongyang |
 East bank of the Taedong River in central Pyongyang |
 View from Juche Tower, Pyongyang |
 View from Juche Tower, Pyongyang |
 The torch of Juche Tower |
 The torch of Juche Tower lights up at night |
 Posting of news clips of the Dear Leader Kim Jong Il giving on-the-spot guidance |
 DPRK 50 won banknote with Juche Tower and the Big 3 - Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jung-suk |
 DPRK 50 won banknote with Mount Paektu |