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Tongp'o-dong Destination Guide

Discover Tongp'o-dong in North Korea

Tongp'o-dong in the region of P'yŏngyang-si is a town located in North Korea - some 4 mi or ( 6 km ) North of Pyongyang , the country's capital .

Interactive map of Tongp'o-dong

Local time in Tongp'o-dong is now 10:48 AM (Friday) . The local timezone is named " Asia/Pyongyang " with a UTC offset of 9 hours. Depending on your flexibility, these larger cities might be interesting for you: Daegu, Seoul, Busan, Gwangju, and Incheon. When in this area, you might want to check out Daegu . We found some clip posted online . Scroll down to see the most favourite one or select the video collection in the navigation. Are you looking for some initial hints on what might be interesting in Tongp'o-dong ? We have collected some references on our attractions page.


Videos

North Korea - Secrets Revealed

43:04 min by Alun Hill
Views: 73713 Rating: 4.29

A 45 minute tour of North Korea, before filming restrictions were lifted. As recently as 2011, all tourism was very carefully controlled. Now, visas, travel and filming are no more restrictive than in ..

Pyongyang metro ride

1:26 min by utti1980
Views: 8965 Rating: 4.97

Pyongyang metro: inside the train between Puhung and Yonggwang station. My travelogue: vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com (by train from Austria to North Korea). ..


Holiday: North Korea

8:23 min by odentroll
Views: 4094 Rating: 5.00

A look at the sightseeing highlights of Pyong Yang,North Korea from Holidays in the axis of evil TV series. ..

Practice for the big parade

0:20 min by WizardOfOss
Views: 1946 Rating: 5.00

Soldiers in Pyongyang practicing for some parade, near the Three Revolutions Exhibition in Pyongyang (Pyongyang, April 13th 2010) ..


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Interesting facts about this location

Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies

The Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies is a 5-year university in Pyongyang, North Korea, specialising in language education.

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Located at 39.07 125.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 3 km away
Tags: Education in Pyongyang, Educational institutions established in 1964, Universities in North Korea

Kim Il-sung University

Kim Il-sung University, founded on October 1, 1946, is the first university built in North Korea. It is located on a 37-acre campus in Pyongyang, the nation's capital. Along with the main academic buildings, the campus contains 10 separate offices, 50 laboratories, libraries, museums, a printing press, a R&D center, dormitories, and a hospital. During the Korean War the university was located at Baeksong-ri under Mt. Jamo in Suncheon-gun, which was far from the center of the city.

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Located at 39.06 125.77 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Education in Pyongyang, Educational institutions established in 1946, Kim Il-sung, Universities in North Korea

Pyongyang TV Tower

Pyongyang TV Tower is a free-standing concrete TV tower with an observation deck and a panorama restaurant at a height of 150 metres in Pyongyang, North Korea. It was built in April 1967 for enhancing the broadcasting area, which was very poor at the time, and because of the start of color TV broadcasts. It is mostly used for tourism. The Pyongyang TV Tower is heavily based on the design of the Ostankino Tower in Moscow, which was built at the same time.

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Located at 39.05 125.76 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Pyongyang, Towers in North Korea

Moranbong-guyok

Moranbong-guyŏk, or the Moranbong District, is one of the 19 guyŏk which constitute the city of Pyongyang, North Korea. It is located north of Chung-guyok, the city's central district, and is bordered to the north by Sosong and Taesong-guyoks, to the east by the Taedong River, and the west by the Potong River and Potonggang-guyok. It is named after Moran Hill located in the district's west area. It was designated a guyŏk in October 1960 by the Pyongyang City People's Committee.

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Located at 39.05 125.76 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Districts of Pyongyang

Kumsusan Palace of the Sun

Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, formerly the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, and sometimes referred to as the Kim Il-sung Mausoleum, is a building located near the northeast corner of the city of Pyongyang and serves as the mausoleum for Kim Il-sung, the founder and eternal president of North Korea, and for his son Kim Jong-il who succeeded him as the country's ruler. The palace was built in 1976 as the Kumsusan Assembly Hall, and served as Kim Il-sung's official residence.

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Located at 39.06 125.79 (Lat./Long.); Less than 4 km away
Tags: Buildings and structures in Pyongyang, Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il, Mausoleums, Monuments and memorials in North Korea