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North Korea Uncovered is a comprehensive set of mappings of North Korea.It includes in-depth coverage of thousands of buildings, monuments, missile-storage facilities, mass graves, secret labor camps, palaces, restaurants, tourist sites, and main roads of the country, and even includes the entrance to the country's subterranean nuclear test base, the Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center.
There are more than a dozen leader's residences in North Korea, according to Kim Jong Il ’s former bodyguard Lee Young-kuk. [ 1] Many of the residences were identified on satellite images [ 2] in the North Korea Uncovered project. [ 3] Ryongsong Residence is the central residence of Kim Jong Un. [ 4] All residences are kept secret by the ...
Paektusan Secret Camp. The Paektusan Secret Camp is claimed to be a former military base on Mount Paektu, and the claimed birthplace of Kim Jong-Il, [1] though other sources report he was born in the USSR. The North Korean government claims that it played an important role in the resistance against the Japanese occupation of the Korean ...
The Ministry of State Security of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea[ a] ( Korean: 조선민주주의인민공화국 국가보위성) is the secret police agency of North Korea. It is an autonomous agency of the North Korean government reporting directly to the Supreme Leader. [ 2][ 3] In addition to its internal security duties, it is ...
Third Tunnel of Aggression. Coordinates: 37°54′59″N 126°41′55″E. Entrance to the visitor access tunnel. The Third Tunnel of Aggression ( Korean: 제3땅굴; Third Infiltration Tunnel or 3rd Tunnel) is one of four known tunnels under the border between North Korea and South Korea, extending south of Panmunjom .
North Korea, [ c] officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea ( DPRK ), [ d] is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korean Peninsula and borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu (Amnok) and Tumen rivers, and South Korea to the south at the Korean Demilitarized Zone.
Chŏngch'al Ch'ongguk. The Reconnaissance General Bureau ( Korean : 정찰총국; RGB ), part of the General Staff Department, is a North Korean intelligence agency that manages the state's clandestine operations. [ 1] Most of their operations have a specific focus on Japan, South Korea, and the United States. [ 2] It was established in 2009 ...
Surtitles at a Korean revolutionary opera. Propaganda is widely used and produced by the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (North Korea). Most propaganda is based on the Juche ideology, veneration of the ruling Kim family, the promotion of the Workers' Party of Korea, [1] and hostilities against both the Republic of Korea and the United States.