Pyongyang - Monuments

First stop in from the airport, the Pyongyang Arch of Triumph	Arch of Triumph, built in 1982 to memorialize the trimuphal return of President Kim Il Sung	Chilsongmun Street leading to the Arch of Triumph	They are sure to mention that it is bigger than the one in Paris
First verse of the "Song of General Kim Il Sung"	1925 - When Kim Il Sung embarked on the Revolution	1945 - The year Kim Il Sung liberated Korea (with a little help)	NorthKoreaAug09 085.jpg
NorthKoreaAug09 138.jpg	NorthKoreaAug09 140.jpg	Pyongyang Arch of Triumph	Pyongyang Arch of Triumph
Pyongyang Arch of Triumph, 60m tall	The one in Paris is 49.5m tall	Pyongyang's Arch of Triumph was built for Kim Il Sung's 70th Birthday	Pyongyang Arch of Triumph
Pyongyang Arch of Triumph	Pyongyang Arch of Triumph	Pyongyang Arch of Triumph	Kaeson Street leading to through the Arch of Triumph
The second verse of the "Song of General Kim Il Sung"	Pyongyang Arch of Triumph	Pyongyang Arch of Triumph	Liberation Tower
Liberation Tower and the monument to the 1945 speech of Kim Il Sung	"It's time to help our country in your own way. If someone has money, use it. If someone has knowledge, use it...."	"...that will make our country strong and independent"	Monument to the 3-Charter of National Reunification, 2001
This monument straddles the Pyongyang-Kaesong-Seoul Highway	The road becomes Thongil Street, Pyongyang	The plan is to establish the "Democratic Federal Republic of Koryo"	Monument to the Three Charters of National Reunification
Monument to the Three Charters of National Reunification	Monument to the Three Charters of National Reunification	Monument to the Three Charters of National Reunification	Monument to the Three Charters of National Reunification
Monument to the Three Charters of National Reunification	Two women, symbolizing the North and the South, hang up the Emblem of the Three Charters	Emblem of the Three Charters, Pyongyang	Monument to the Three Charters of National Reunification
Monument to the Three Charters of National Reunification	Monument to the Three Charters of National Reunification	Monument to the Three Charters of National Reunification	"For our country to unite, we all put our effort together no matter if you're living in north, south, or abroad"
Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War, 1993	Erected on the 40th Anniversary of the Armistice	In the DPRK, they celebrate 1953 as a great victory with the surrender of the U.S. Imperialist Aggressors	Sunset with the Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War
Central sculpture "Victory", Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War	"Victory", 1993	Vast square of the Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War	Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War
NorthKoreaAug09 560.jpg	NorthKoreaAug09 562.jpg	NorthKoreaAug09 568.jpg	"Defenders of Height 1211" - Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Monument
NorthKoreaAug09 575.jpg	NorthKoreaAug09 603.jpg	NorthKoreaAug09 576.jpg	"Home Frontīs Support for the Front" - Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Monument
"Defending the Sky of the Country" - Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Monument	"Defending the Sky of the Country" - Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Monument	"Defending the Territorial Waters of the Republic" - DPRK claims the sinking of the USS Baltimore in July 1950 off Jumunjin	"Defending the Territorial Waters of the Republic" - unfortunately, the USS Baltimore was never in Korea & was scrapped in 1972
NorthKoreaAug09 579.jpg	NorthKoreaAug09 602.jpg	"The Battle of Taejon Liberation" - Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Monument	"The Battle of Taejon Liberation" - Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Monument
"The Battle of Taejon Liberation" - July 1950	"The Battle of Taejon Liberation" - Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Monument	"The Battle of Taejon Liberation" - Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Monument	"The Battle of Taejon Liberation" - Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Monument
Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War	Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War	The Party Flag, Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War	Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War
Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War	The Battle Flag, Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War	"All our history will brighten up forever. I cheer you for all your hard work to keep the country independent"	Gateway to the Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War
Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War	Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War	Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War	1950 - Start of the Korean War (by U.S. Imperialist Aggressors, of course)
V-Day, 1953 - "humiliating surrender of U.S. Imperialist Aggressors"	Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War	Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War	Gate to the Monument to the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War
Flags outside the Monument to the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War	NorthKoreaAug09 714.jpg	Monument to Party Founding, 1995	Monument to Party Founding with the three symbols of the Workers' Party of Korea
Monument to Party Founding, Pyongyang	Monument to Party Founding, Pyongyang	"Victory for the Choson Nodongdang"	Monument to Party Founding, Pyongyang
Monument to Party Founding, Pyongyang	Monument to Party Founding, Pyongyang	Monument to Party Founding, Pyongyang	Monument to Party Founding, Pyongyang
Monument to Party Founding, Pyongyang	Monument to Party Founding, Pyongyang	Monument to Party Founding, Pyongyang	Monument to Party Founding, Pyongyang
Monument to Party Founding, Pyongyang	Monument to Party Founding, Pyongyang	Monument to Party Founding, Pyongyang	Monument to Party Founding, Pyongyang
Buildings behind the Monument to Party Founding, Pyongyang	Buildings behind the Monument to Party Founding, Pyongyang	Immortal Tower of Kim Il Sung	Immortal Tower of Kim Il Sung
DPRK-PRC Friendship Tower & Liberation Tower	The legendary Chollima could run 400 km in a day	Chollima Statue, 1961	Chollima Statue, Pyongyang
Chollima Statue, Pyongyang