North Korea: March 1995
"Please bow to the Great Leader"

Photo Gallery Captions

Contd. from Gallery

Photos of North Korea - February/ March 1995

Copyright 1995 - Paul Bakker (paulbakker@hotmail.com)

Thanks to Dr. Hanjung Kim for scanning some of these photos and Ted Barker for making them publically available. The photos may be copied and distributed at will, as long as it's not for profit (if it is, I want my share! :-)

The photos are available for viewing at intro.htm

'1' refers to the file nkor1.jpg, and so on. 'PY' is Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea.

Photo Captions

0 Beijing Zhang - the main train station (Beijing)

1 Patriotic citizens singing and marching their way to work (PY)

2 Statues at the tomb of King Kongmin (near Kaesong)

3 The main street of Kaesong on a typical busy afternoon

4 A bountiful Korean meal! Pass the kimchi (Kaesong)

5 Pyongyang by night - Kim Il Sung Square

6 Paul gets a large dose of propaganda (Kaesong)

7 Another busy street in Kaesong

8 Our room in the C-Class Haebangsan Hotel (PY)

9 The Grand Monument of Kim Il Sung at Mansudae (PY)

10 The grandiose Pyongyang Subway

11 The original, faded UN flag used at the armistice, and a copy of the Armistice Agreement (Panmunjom)

12 The view from the Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery. Note

Godzilla (aka the 105 Building) hulking in the background (PY)

13 The Pyongyang skyline, featuring.. Godzilla! Note the crane on top.

14 Headstones at the Revolutionary Martyrs' Cemetery (PY)

15 The humble birthplace of the Great Leader (Mangyongdae)

16 The Arch of Triumph - bigger than the one in Paris (PY)

17 Guide Number 2, Rick, and the huge May Day stadium (PY)

18 Paul gets another dose of social realism (Kaesong)

19 Kids playing in neat rows (PY)

20 "Aniyong Hasimnika!" - The children's salute (PY)

21 Face-off at the border: A US soldier eye-to-eye with North Korean border guards (Panmunjom)

22 A traditional Korean structure

23 The circus audience gawking at the foreigners (PY)

24 We were also given a sitting ovation at the Children's Palace (PY)

25 Boxing Bears at the People's Army Circus (PY)

26 A musical performance at the Children's Palace (PY)

27 A circus clown dressed as an American MP (PY)

28 Erwin, Rick and Paul say "komapsemnida" to our tour guide at the International Friendship Exhibition (Mt. Myohyang)

29 The dive tower at the Children's Palace, complete with glass lift (PY)

30 An ingenious home-made AA gun at the War Museum (PY)

31 The 105 Building in the mist (taken from the train; PY)

32 Paul checking to see if this is the train from Beijing to Pyongyang. He doesn't look too sure.

33 A fierce sculpture at Mansudae (PY)

34 Another upstanding patriotic sculpture at Mansudae (PY)

35 Yet another sculpture - note the Hammer/Brush/Sickle symbol of North Korea (PY)

36 Same as 34, but lighter

37 A charming cluster of AA guns in the countryside (Yongbyang)

38 Kwangbok Street at 1pm - 13 empty lanes (PY)

39 The birthplace of the Great Leader (Mangyondae)

40 The northern entrance to the DMZ (DMZ)

41 The negotiation huts that straddle the border (Panmunjom)

42 Inside the huts: the microphone cables mark the border (Panmunjom)

43 Friendly North Korean border guards (DMZ)

44 The Great leader giving a familiar salute. (Kaesong)

45 A typical street scene (Kaesong)

A travelogue describing this trip is also available at intro.htm

cheers,

Paul Bakker
August 1995