#juchetower

Workers of the world unite! Actually this near 100-ft tall monument depicts a farmer (w/sickle), and artist/intellectual (w/brush), and a worker (w/hammer). The monument sits under #JucheTower and overlooks the #Taedong #River. Oh it's also frigid here. #pyongyang #dprk #northkorea #korea #koreanpeninsula #mortheastasia #workers #winter

Juche Tower

#coincidences #kimIlSung vs #Sewolferry #candle vs. #jucheTower #yellowRibbon vs. #WorkersPartyOfKorea #우연의일치 #김일성 생일 과 #세월호 출항 #촛불 과 #주체사상탑 #노란리본 과 #조선노동당 마크

#우연의일치 #김일성 #세월호 #촛불 #주체사상탑 #노란리본 #조선노동당 #소설 #coincidences #kimIlSung birth date April 15th vs #Sewolferry departure date April 15th. #candle vs. #jucheTower, #yellowRibbon / #candle vs. #WorkersPartOfKorea symbol

Good morning #Pyongyang #dprk #northkorea #korea #koreanpeninsula #asia #northeastasia #juchetower #bicycle

This is Juche Tower, which stands tall on the banks of Taedong River in central Pyongyang. It is a physical centerpiece that represents the ideology, created by Kim Il-Sung, of the North Korean communist party. Juche replaces all religion and is the most fundamental philosophy, instilled in each individual from birth, which (in my observation) fundamentally disallows the people from questioning their leadership. Juche means self-reliance. It teaches the people that ultimately they hold all of the power, and ultimately all of the responsibility, to make their own lives and their own society around them exceptional. It is also taught that Juche is a uniquely Korean quality, which adds an additional weight of obligation for each citizen to fulfill their privileged birthright. There are many similar philosophies like Juche behind other communist movements, but Juche is indeed unique as it does more to unify the groupthink behind an almost genetic code that is difficult to question. This philosophy has been the key to having the people accept worsening conditions as they are told that it is essentially their own responsibility to get through it. I could write so much more, but the irony that such a philosophy, based in individualism, is the mechanism to having an entire population follow a uniform rule of law is further proof to me that in politics, the people are always told the opposite of the action so that the action can be carried out with an unwitting, and often unwavering support. In North Korea's case however, wavering could result in imprisonment of one's entire family, so Juche ultimately becomes a necessary idea to lean on as a method of survival.

برج جوچِ یک بنای تاریخی در پیونگ یانگ پایتخت کره شمالی است که به مناسبت ایدئولوژی جوچِ،نخستین رهبر این کشور کیم ایل سونگ نامگذاری گردید.این برج در ضلع شرقی رودخانه تااِدونگ واقع شده و 170 متر ارتفاع دارد.ساختار این بنا به صورت مربعی بوده و قسمت بالای برج از ارتفاع 150 متری به بالا به صورت مخروطی شکل می شود و با 25.550 بلوک گرانیتی ساخته شده است که این تعداد بلوک نشانگر تعداد روزهای حیات این رهبر تا سن هفتاد سالگی می باشد و مشعل فلزی روشن شده بالای آن نیز بالغ بر 45 تن وزن دارد.برج با استفاده از هفتاد قطعه سنگ سفید با ارتفاع 20 متر و بیشتر از هم جدا شده است.در قسمت پایین،اتاق های پذیرایی وجود دارد که گاهی اوقات فیلم های را درباره اهمیت ایدیولوژیک برج به نمایش می گذارد.این مکان،دومین برج به یاد ماندنی جهان بعد از برج سن جاسینتو تِگزاس است که اختلاف ارتفاع بین آنها تنها 2.9 متر است.جوچِ در سال 1982 میلادی افتتاح گردید. #JucheTower #Pyongyang #NorthKorea #Take_M_Out (at Juche Tower)

Can I go back to the #dprk when I leave China? Instead of going back to work? I still can't get over how much i loved it there!! #juchetower #juche #korea #northkorea #youngpioneertours (at Juche Tower)