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Mangyongdae
Neighborhood in Pyongyang, North Korea

Mangyongdae

Mangyongdae (Korean: 만경대) is a neighborhood in Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea.

Plan a trip to Mangyongdae→From Seoul

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.

How locals move

Getting around Mangyongdae the local way

  • 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.

From Wikivoyage: Pyongyang, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us. Last edited 2026-09.

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