The Juche Tower is among the most recognizable structures in North Korea, and is easily spotted on the skyline of Pyongyang, the capital city. It was built in 1982, and represents the political ...

Though it's been around for decades, some observers believe Juche has been embraced in recent years with renewed vigor by leader Kim Jong Un, the third generation of his family to rule North Korea, as ...

some observers believe Juche has been embraced in recent years with renewed vigour by leader Kim Jong-un, the third generation of his family to rule North Korea, as he steps out with growing ...

From pastel-painted Soviet housing blocks to the iconic Juche Tower, see how every building and public square serves a political purpose. This video offers a rare glimpse into North Korea’s ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Impoverished North Korea has long prided itself on its self-reliance, the principle of "Juche," but not many people know that the country's leader, Kim Jong-il, applied the same ...

Since the Korean War, North Korean leaders have used architecture to express the national character of the state. Standing at right is the 170-meter Juche Tower ... North Korea’s late leader ...

NEVER mind the chronic food shortage: North Korea’s propaganda apparatus is partying like it’s 99 and over there, it is. Year 1 of the Juche Calendar (named after “Juche Thought,” the ...

Since the mid-1990s, when fuel stopped flowing from the defunct Soviet Union to North Korea, the famously hermetic ... the famous 560-foot (171-meter) Juche Tower at the center of Pyongyang.

Fireworks lit the sky over the Juche tower and the ice sculptures, in Pyongyang, North Korea. Fireworks lit the sky over the Juche tower and the ice sculptures, in Pyongyang, North Korea.