South Korea, known officially as the Republic of Korea (ROK), hosts about 28,500 U.S. military personnel to deter ...

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Reporting from Pyongyang, North Korea — Soaring more than 50 stories, the new blue-and-white skyscraper at the top of Future Science Street cuts a Jetsons-like form. Its tower is crowned with a ...

North Korea’s architecture is truly fascinating, influenced by the need to rebuild Pyongyang in the wake of the Korean War and the nation’s relative isolation. What happens when an architect ...

Architecture is Propaganda: How North Korea Turned the Built Environment into a Tool for Control. September 06, 2016. Workers' Party monument, a monument to the people showing the Hammer ...

North Korea's architecture. Futuristic skyscrapers, epic monuments and thatched-roof buildings in the reclusive state. ... North Korea, October 11, 2015. REUTERS/Damir Sagolj. PYONGYANG, North Korea.

CityBeautiful. Inside Pyongyang: Architecture & Ideology of North Korea. Posted: May 7, 2025 | Last updated: May 7, 2025. Explore Pyongyang, the city designed to serve the Kim dynasty’s vision ...

SEOUL—Wendy Arbeit had an unusual vacation announcement during a recent talk with her boss at the University of California school system. “I’m going to North Korea!” the 47-year-old said ...

Ignoring the threat posed by North Korea, as happened at this year’s summit, undermines Euro-Atlantic security.

When a country is cut off from the outside world for nearly 70 years, the architecture gets pretty weird, fast. Take North Korea’s capital, Pyongyang. The libraries look like palaces. The metro ...

In North Korea, often the line between public building and monument blurs. Such is the case at the International Friendship Museum at Mount Myohyang, a two-hour drive north of the capital.