Mangyongdae
Mangyongdae (Korean: 만경대) is a neighborhood in Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea.
Mangyongdae (Korean: 만경대) is a neighborhood in Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean propaganda claims that Mangyongdae is the birthplace of North Korean leader Kim Il Sung, although in his memoirs he wrote that he had been born in the nearby neighborhood of Chilgol. Mangyongdae is where his father Kim Hyong-jik was from, and where Kim Il Sung spent his childhood.
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Worth seeing in and around Mangyongdae
4 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Kim Il-sung Military University
Kim Il Sung Military University is a university located in Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang, capital of North Korea. Founded in 1948 and named after Kim Il Sung, founder of North Korea, the school is a post-secondary educational institution for officers in the Korean People's Army.
1.3 km · university located in Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea · Wikipedia - 02Mangyongdae Funfair
The Mangyongdae Funfair is an amusement park located in Mangyongdae-guyok, 12 kilometres from Pyongyang, North Korea. It has an area of 70 hectares including a funfair and wading pool.
1.9 km · Amusement park in Mangyongdae-guyok · Wikipedia - 03Sosan Football Stadium
Sŏsan Stadium is a football stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
3.1 km · football stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea · Wikipedia - 04Kwangbok Street 1
Kwangbok Street 1 is a high-rise residential skyscraper in Pyongyang, North Korea. Built in 1989 within the "Kwangbok Street Apartments" project, the tower stands at 144 m tall and is divided into 42 floors.
3 km · residential building in Pyongyang, North Korea · Wikipedia
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Getting to Mangyongdae
- Airports
- Pyongyang Sunan (FNJ), 26 km · Incheon (ICN), 183 km · Seoul Gimpo (GMP), 187 km
- Stations
- Rangnang Station, 3.2 km
- Seoul → Mangyongdae10 km · quickest by road, 37 min · ₩1,900–2,530
- Gonghang-ro → Mangyongdae17 km · quickest by road, 53 min · ₩3,470–4,620
- Cheongju → Mangyongdae122 km · quickest by road, 2h 50m · ₩16,100–21,450
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
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No local-transport research exists yet for Mangyongdae
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Mangyongdae. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inWestern foreigners will usually be denied entry to North Korea by train (except for those specially chartered by tour companies).
- Get aroundHowever, if on a package tour, your short trip on the metro will be organised in advance.
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Next door to Mangyongdae
- Mangyongdae Districtdistrict of Pyongyang3.4 km