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
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl
만경대학생소년궁전
Hancha
Revised RomanizationMangyeongdae haksaeng sonyeon gungjeon
McCune–ReischauerMankyŏngtae haksaeng sonyŏn kungjŏn
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. "North Korea Music — Children's Palace". KTG North Korea Travel.
  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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