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International Friendship Exhibition - Kim Jong Il building (2)  
   

International Friendship Exhibition - Kim Jong Il building (2)

Main lobby. This is the only picture I took inside the building, as photos are forbidden in the galleries
A secretive trip to a secretive country (Part 1)

August 19th 2010
North Korea. A country that regularly appears on the news, but for all the wrong reasons. Nuclear ambitions, famines, natural disasters, lack of human rights, abduction of foreigners, sanctions from other countries... (and also the recent sinking of a South Korean vessel and an embarrassing loss to Portugal during the World Cup)... The list goes on and on. The country, also known as the Democra ... read more
Asia » North Korea » Pyongyang

Korean Flag An independent kingdom under Chinese suzerainty for most of the past millennium, Korea was occupied by Japan in 1905 following the Russo-Japanese War; five years later, Japan formally annexed the entire peninsula. Following World War II, Korea was sp... ... read more
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