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Discover Yonghŭng 1-tong
The district Yonghŭng 1-tong of Pyongyang in Pyongyang is a subburb in North Korea and is a district of the nations capital.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: P'yongsong, Namp'o, Sariwon, Chaeryong-up and Haeju. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 23°C / 74 °F
Morning Temperature | 12°C / 54 °F |
Evening Temperature | 21°C / 70 °F |
Night Temperature | 15°C / 60 °F |
Chance of rainfall | 0% |
Air Humidity | 31% |
Air Pressure | 1011 hPa |
Wind Speed | Moderate breeze with 9 km/h (6 mph) from South-East |
Cloud Conditions | Clear sky, covering 1% of sky |
General Conditions | Sky is clear |
Saturday, 27th of April 2024
22°C (72 °F)
16°C (61 °F)
Overcast clouds, gentle breeze.
Sunday, 28th of April 2024
24°C (75 °F)
20°C (67 °F)
Overcast clouds, light breeze.
Monday, 29th of April 2024
24°C (75 °F)
19°C (66 °F)
Scattered clouds, light breeze.
Videos from this area
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2013-oct-22: railway museum, Pyongyang, North-Korea
Photos and video from the diorama's (both of them !) inside the train - railroad museum in Pyongyang, DPRK.
Construction of Pyongyang Folk Park Completed
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Demonstration Performance of Synchronized Swimming
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Changjon Street Construction in Pyongyang Completed
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North Korean Mass Gymnastic Arirang
North Korean Mass Gymnastic and Artistic Performance shown on Sep. 10, 2008. This film shows a part of promotion of agriculture.
Dentro Corea del Norte 2014 (1) North Korea
Dentro Corea del Norte 2014 (1) Documental filmado dentro de Corea del Norte Pincha en ME GUSTA,GRACIAS! Ah y SUSCRIBETE!
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Pyongyang metro ride
Pyongyang metro: inside the train between Puhung and Yonggwang station. My travelogue: http://vienna-pyongyang.blogspot.com (by train from Austria to North Korea).
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Supreme People's Assembly
The Supreme People's Assembly (Hangul: 최고 인민 회의) is the unicameral parliament of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), commonly known as North Korea. It consists of one deputy from each of 687 constituencies, elected to five-year terms. North Korea is a single-party state with the Workers' Party of Korea in power. Although two other parties exist, they are completely subservient to the WPK, which is granted a monopoly of power under the constitution.
Rungnado May Day Stadium
The Rŭngnado May First Stadium, or May Day Stadium, is a multi-purpose stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea, completed on May 1, 1989. It is regarded as the largest stadium in the world by capacity which is followed by Salt Lake Stadium in Kolkata,India.
Kim Il-sung University
Kim Il-sung University, founded on October 1, 1946, is the first university built in North Korea. It is located on a 37-acre campus in Pyongyang, the nation's capital. Along with the main academic buildings, the campus contains 10 separate offices, 50 laboratories, libraries, museums, a printing press, a R&D center, dormitories, and a hospital. During the Korean War the university was located at Baeksong-ri under Mt. Jamo in Suncheon-gun, which was far from the center of the city.
Pyongyang TV Tower
Pyongyang TV Tower is a free-standing concrete TV tower with an observation deck and a panorama restaurant at a height of 150 metres in Pyongyang, North Korea. It was built in April 1967 for enhancing the broadcasting area, which was very poor at the time, and because of the start of color TV broadcasts. It is mostly used for tourism. The Pyongyang TV Tower is heavily based on the design of the Ostankino Tower in Moscow, which was built at the same time.
Liberation Monument
The Liberation Monument is a monument in Pyongyang, North Korea. It was built in 1947 to honour Red Army soldiers who took part in liberating Korea from Imperial Japanese occupation during the final stage of the Second World War. Soviet paratroopers took control of Pyongyang on August 24, 1945. The monument is composed of a stele surmounted by a five-pointed red star, with the entire structure attaining a height of 30 meters.
Kim Il-sung Stadium
Kim Il-sung Stadium is the name of a large association football stadium located in Pyongyang, the capital city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.
Arch of Triumph (Pyongyang)
The Arch of Triumph in Pyongyang was built to commemorate the Korean resistance to Japan from 1925 to 1945. Built in 1982 on the Triumph Return Square at the foot of Moran Hill (모란봉) in the North Korean capital city of Pyongyang, the monument was built to honour and glorify President Kim Il-sung's role in the military resistance for Korean independence.
Arirang Festival
The Grand Mass Gymnastics and Artistic Performance Arirang are held in the Rungrado May Day Stadium in Pyongyang, North Korea. The gymnastics and artistic festival, known as mass games, begins in early August and ends around September 10th.
Moranbong
Moranbong (Moran Hill) is located in the central part of Pyongyang, the capital of the North Korea. The hill is noted for its curious features and scenery, as well as its political significance. The hill is associated with the revolutionary history of President Kim Il-sung, leader Kim Jong Il and his wife Kim Jong Suk. At the foot of the hill Kim Il-sung in the 1940s allegedly gave a public speech after returning from exile. There are multiple monumental structures located on Moran Hill.
Battle of Pyongyang
The Battle of Pyongyang was the second major land battle of the First Sino-Japanese War. It took place on 15 September 1894 in Pyongyang, Korea between the forces of Meiji Japan and Qing China. It is sometimes referred to archaically in western sources as the “Battle of Ping-yang”.
Kumsusan Palace of the Sun
Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, formerly the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, and sometimes referred to as the Kim Il-sung Mausoleum, is a building located near the northeast corner of the city of Pyongyang and serves as the mausoleum for Kim Il-sung, the founder and eternal president of North Korea, and for his son Kim Jong-il who succeeded him as the country's ruler. The palace was built in 1976 as the Kumsusan Assembly Hall, and served as Kim Il-sung's official residence.
Korea Central Zoo
The Korea Central Zoo, also referred to as the Pyongyang Central Zoo, is the national zoo of North Korea. It is located near Mt. Taesong in downtown Pyongyang. The zoo has over 5,000 wild animals, comprising a total of 650 species, and covers an area of roughly one square kilometre. It was established in April 1959 at the instruction of Kim Il-sung.
Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies
The Pyongyang University of Foreign Studies is a 5-year university in Pyongyang, North Korea, specialising in language education.
Moranbong-guyok
Moranbong-guyŏk, or the Moranbong District, is one of the 19 guyŏk which constitute the city of Pyongyang, North Korea. It is located north of Chung-guyok, the city's central district, and is bordered to the north by Sosong and Taesong-guyoks, to the east by the Taedong River, and the west by the Potong River and Potonggang-guyok. It is named after Moran Hill located in the district's west area. It was designated a guyŏk in October 1960 by the Pyongyang City People's Committee.
Taedonggang-guyok
Taedonggang-guyŏk, or Taedong River District, is one of the 19 guyŏk, and one of the six that constitute East Pyongyang, North Korea. Taedonggang-guyŏk is on the eastern bank of the Taedong River, north of Tongdaewŏn-guyŏk and west of Sadong-guyŏk (Sadong District). It was established in January 1958.
East Pyongyang Grand Theatre
The East Pyongyang Grand Theatre is a 2500 seat theatre located in the North Korean city of Pyongyang. It was the site of the 2008 concert by the New York Philharmonic, which was the first significant cultural visit to North Korea by the United States since the Korean War. The hall was built in 1989 and is normally a venue for performances that celebrate North Korea's dynastic leaders and national achievements, and "revolutionary operas that depict North Korea's struggles in song and dance.
Taesong-guyok
Taesŏng-guyŏk, or Taesŏng District is one of the 20 wards that constitute Pyongyang, North Korea.
Ministry of People's Security (North Korea)
The Ministry of People’s Security (In-min Bo-an-bu) functions primarily as the police and law enforcement agency in North Korea. According to the Public Security Regulation Law, adopted by the Supreme People’s Assembly, the unicameral parliament of North Korea in 1992 and modified in 1999, the ministry is tasked with defending the sovereignty and socialist system of North Korea, as well as protecting the constitutional rights, lives, and assets of the people.
Okryugwan
Okryugwan or Okryu Restaurant is a restaurant in Pyongyang, North Korea, founded in 1960. North Korea analyst Andrei Lankov describes it as one of two restaurants—the other being Ch'ongryugwan—which have "defined the culinary life of Pyongyang" since the 1980s, and a "living museum of culinary art". The chief chef is Ra Suk-gyong.
Okryu Bridge
Okryu Bridge, also spelled Ongnyu Bridge, is a bridge on the Taedong River in Pyongyang, North Korea. Construction began in March 1958; the bridge was opened in August 1960. Located between the Rungra Bridge and Taedong Bridge, it is one of six Pyongyang bridges on the Taedong. It connects Chung-guyok on the Taedong's right (west) bank to Taedonggang-guyok on the left bank. The famous restaurant Okryugwan is near its right foot, while the Juche Tower is located just south of its left foot.
Rungna Bridge
The Rungna Bridge is a bridge in Pyongyang, North Korea, one of the city's six bridges on the Taedong River. Located between the Okryu Bridge to the south and Chongryu Bridge to the north, it connects Moranbong-guyok on the right (west) bank of the Taedong River with Taedonggang-guyok on the left bank, passing through Rungnado Island in the middle. It totals 1,070 metres in length. It was completed in 1988. An image of the bridge appeared on the reverse of 500-won banknotes from 1992.
Rungnado
Rungna Islet is an islet in Pyongyang, North Korea, located in the middle of the Taedong River. Its total area is 1.3 square kilometres . The Chongryu Bridge on the north side and the Rungna Bridge on the south side connect the islet to the rest of Pyongyang. The islet is a good place to see some of the Eight Views of Pyongyang. Recreational facilities on the islet include the Rungnado May Day Stadium.
Kaeson Youth Park
The Kaeson Youth Park is an amusement park located in Pyongyang, North Korea. Opening in 1984, the park is located near the Kim Il Sung Stadium and in the west foot of Moran Hill. The carousel, fun house and amusement park rides like the ferris wheel comprise an area of 40 ha. The parks was erected as part of the Triumphal Arch dedication. It has been previously been described as being in poor repair.
Pyongyang Folklore Park
The Pyongyang Folklore Park is an amusement park located in Pyongyang, North Korea, at the foot of Mount Taesong. It is being built with a historical theme, and has been under construction since December, 2008. There are also folk parks in Sukchon, South Pyongan Province and Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province. South Korean folk parks with an historical theme such as Korean Folk Village are popular attractions.
Munsu Funfair
The Munsu Funfair is an amusement park located in Pyongyang, North Korea. Opened in 1984, the park is located near the Chongnyu Bridge, and is across the Taedong River from the Rungrado May Day Stadium.