Mangyongdae Children's Palace

The Mangyongdae Children's Palace (or Mangyongdae School Children's Palace) in Pyongyang is a public facility managed by Korean Youth Corps in North Korea where pioneer members can engage in extra-curricular activities, such as learning music, foreign languages, computing skills and sports.[1] It was established on 2 May 1989 and it is situated in Kwangbok (Liberation) Street, in the north of Mangyongdae-guyok. It is the largest of the palaces in North Korea dedicated to children's after-school activities. In front of the Children's Palace there are a grand sculpture group and two enormous fountains, rising 90 and 100 metres.[2]

Mangyongdae Children's Palace
Mockup of NK spaceplane at Mangyongdae Children's Palace

The Mangyongdae Children's Palace has 120 rooms, a swimming pool, a gymnasium and a 2,000-seat theatre. The Mangyongdae Children's Palace is not to be confused with the Pyongyang Children's Palace situated in the north of the Kim Il-sung Square and founded in 1963.

See also

References
  1. http://www.north-korea-travel.com/north-korea-music.html North Korea Music — Children's Palace
  2. "PYONGYANG". VNC Asia Travel. Archived from the original on 24 July 2011. Retrieved 2 January 2011.

Further reading
  • O, Hae Yon (2016). Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. OCLC 1033338063.


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