Pyongyang recent comments:

You are right for sure with what you have said about Chollima-Line. But the building here is the Sino-Korean Friendship-tower. The North-Koreans maybe mad as hell (don't know, never been there), but if you take a close-up you will see that this here is a column and not a metro-station. Anyway: Chonu station is a little further up north, maybe (but I am not sure about that) in the round building that is located in the south-eastern corner of the intersection of Kaeson-Street and Pipa-Street.

This is the "Wrestling Gymnasium" of the Sosan Sports-Centre. Metro Terminuses in the surrounding are Kwangbok (at the Northern end of Kwangbok-Street) and Puhun (quite far away, East between the Pyongyang power plant and Pyongyang Central Railway-Station).

East Germany had a similar ghetto for high party officials called Wandlitz. Like that place, this ghetto is another world - literally.

First occupied in 1976, the 4-story Kumsusan was originally the Kumsusan Assembly Hall, and was Kim Il Sung's official residence. One year after Kim's 1994 death the Hall's windows had been bricked over and the giant building became a giant mausoleum, housing Kim's embalmed body in a glass coffin awaiting the bows and lamentations of DPRK citizens. Foreigners are sometimes invited to visit. The former front lawn is now a 100,000 square meter plaza, with a half-mile long moving sidewalk to convey mourners to Kim's flag-draped body. Also on the way in to Kim's corpse on the top floor forced air and shoe washes protect the building and its contents from dust and dirt.

Hyonmu Gate, named after the guardian of the north, dates to the 6th century and was the city's northern gate. It was rebuilt in 1714.

This station is located on the north-south Chollima line, which opened in 1973. Its name means "Comrades in Arms" and the decor centers on the struggle for liberation.

This site, completed in 1987, marks Kim Il Sung's October 14, 1945 speech in which the population got their first real look at Kim. A mural illustrates the event (though no depictions of the Soviet sponsors are included), and a stone slab quotes Kim's remarks on rebuilding Korea.

This is the "Triumphant Return" station, and is decorated with mosaics of Kim Il Sung's speech upon his 1945 return to Pyongyang (given nearby), people celebrating reforms, and the rebuilding of Korea.

This 30 meter obelisk was built in 1946 to commemorate the 40,000 Soviet troops that participated in defeating the Japanese. A plaque honoring Stalin was removed in 1959 in anticipation of a visit by Kruschev -- who never showed up.

This was the DPRK's first Children's Palace; now there are approximately 150 that offer after-school programs in computers, sports, calligraphy, embroidery, etc. Tourists are typically invited to tour the facilities and view a show by some of the students.

The museum opened in 1956 and concentrates on daily life in pre-1900 Korea; exhibits include traditional clothing, furnishings, instruments, and farming implements.

Originally opened in 1945 on Moran Hill and relocated in 1977. The collection includes fossilized human bones, paleolithic tools, and bronze artifacts.

When I wrote this capsule profile, I transposed the spelling. I've revised it.

Rather than Kimchaek-si (Kim Chaek City) it would be Kimchaek-dae (Kim Chaek Univerity) The city, as stated, is on the east coast.

Is the famous Radar O'Reilly from the hit TV series M*A*S*H?

I read about the capture of the 82 crew members and their gruesome torture. It was gut-wrenching to say the least. In my opinion, the North Koreans should hand-over the ship back to the US and signal an end to hostility. It's their best chance ever.

this is "the mansudae art center", the pyong yang children's study center" is right next.

not many of those in north korea :)

No, this is like an after-school centre for gifted children. In the foyer there is a giant model of a space shuttle, but with a North Korean flag!