North Korea – DPRK – Page 11 – The Rambling Wombat

January 31, 2017January 31, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Pyongyang

Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War

This is the fourth of a series of five reviews on the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum Complex. If you have not already done so, please read my Introductory Complex review before continuing.

Prior to the addition of the Museum, the military hardware displays and the USS Pueblo in 2012 this site was dedicated to the Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War which encompasses all the monuments you see, including the grand entrance to the whole complex. Continue reading “Monument to Victorious Fatherland Liberation War” →

January 30, 2017January 31, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Pyongyang

Greatest Trophy of War – USS Pueblo

This is the third of a series of five reviews on the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum Complex. If you have not already done so, please read my introductory Complex review before continuing.

While unrelated to the Fatherland Liberation (Korean) War, this captured United States spy ship is moored on the river just behind the display of captured and wrecked US military hardware from the Korean War. This Cold War relic is, in terms of war trophies, North Korea’s number one. Continue reading “Greatest Trophy of War – USS Pueblo” →

January 30, 2017January 30, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Pyongyang

Korean War Military Hardware Display

This is the second of a series of five reviews on the Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum Complex. If you have not already done so, please read my introductory review on the complex before continuing.

The basement of the former Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum was packed with military equipment including captured US and UN forces Continue reading “Korean War Military Hardware Display” →

January 22, 2017January 30, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Pyongyang

Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum Complex – Introduction

This is the first is a series of five reviews and provides some general information on the Museum complex and a brief summary of the outcome of the Fatherland Liberation War (the Korean War), from the North’s perspective, obviously. Continue reading “Victorious Fatherland Liberation War Museum Complex – Introduction” →

January 22, 2017February 14, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Pyongyang

Reunification Monument

This magnificent arch, or to give it its full title, the Monument to the Three-Point Charter for National Reunification, at the end of the Tongil Expressway marks the beginning of the Reunification Highway which takes you from Pyongyang to Panmunjom on the North-South Korean border and thence to Seoul should the road be reopened Continue reading “Reunification Monument” →

January 22, 2017January 22, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Pyongyang

Soccer in Kim Il-sung Stadium

I have written a separate review on the Stadium itself – Kim Il-sung Stadium. This review relates to a couple of soccer matches I watched (or more to the point, I didn’t watch) in the Stadium. Continue reading “Soccer in Kim Il-sung Stadium” →

January 22, 2017January 22, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Pyongyang

The Pyongyang Marathon

Pyongyang’s 27th Marathon (officially the Mangyongdae Prize International Marathon) was held on 13 April 2014 – the same day as the London Marathon – and for the first time in its history, amateurs were permitted to take part. Continue reading “The Pyongyang Marathon” →

January 21, 2017January 22, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Pyongyang

Rungnado May Day Stadium – Mass Games

While we did not have the opportunity to go inside the Rungnado May Day Stadium it would be remiss of me not to mention it on a review of a visit to Pyongyang and we did pass reasonably close by many times. Continue reading “Rungnado May Day Stadium – Mass Games” →

January 21, 2017January 21, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Pyongyang

Kim Il-sung Stadium

During our time in Pyongyang we were to visit or pass by the Kim Il-sung Stadium on a number of occasions, related, in particular, to the fact that it was the start and finish point for the Pyongyang Marathon which we attended, but more about that in another entry. Continue reading “Kim Il-sung Stadium” →

January 21, 2017January 21, 2017 TheRamblingWombat Pyongyang

Sino-Korean Friendship Tower

This monument, close the Kim Il-sung Stadium and the Pyongyang Television Tower serves two purposes.

Firstly it is a memorial, dedicated to Chinese martyrs of the Korean War Continue reading “Sino-Korean Friendship Tower” →