And, in the heart of Pyongyang, on the banks of the city’s Taedong River, opposite Kim Il-sung Square, stands the Juche Tower ... onto the elevator. The situation, he explained, was very ...

At the 170-meter (560-foot) -tall Tower of Juche Idea, a soaring testament to the concept built in 1982 for Kim Il Sung's 70th birthday, guide Choe Hye Ok has a ready definition at hand ...

From pastel-painted Soviet housing blocks to the iconic Juche Tower, see how every building and public square serves a political purpose. This video offers a rare glimpse into North Korea’s ...

The red torch is the tip of the Juche Tower. The concept of "juche," meaning "self-reliant" is a guiding ideology in North Korea. The Grand People’s Study House, situated along Taedong River ...

It’s just a single word, but it’s hard to miss in North Korea. It’s splashed across countless propaganda signs, seeded through dozens of state media reports, at the beating heart of ...

One was a device to hoist a 45-tonne red metal flame atop the Juche Tower in Pyongyang, the showpiece capital of North Korea; the pillar, named after the country’s clunky state ideology ...