A must visit when in north korea.
North korea concrete wall.
Primitive hoists for transporting concrete slab edges being cast after main wall casting with no reinforcing bar evident the complex which opened in june 2012 is made up of three 47 floor.
A few weeks after the berlin wall started coming down in 1989 north korean leader kim il sung said in a new year s address that seoul had built a massive concrete wall to divide the two states.
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During a visit to north korea i was taken to view this seemingly undocumented wall.
According to north korea between 1977 and 1979 the south korean and united states authorities constructed a concrete wall along the dmz.
The wall that at first you might laugh at as just a wall has shaped in me a great respect for the north korean architects.
The wall was first made to fend off the south koreans and was then used as part of the treaty site and now it stands as an attraction for tourist who venture forth to the world.
Footage on state broadcaster kctv earlier in the week showed bridges and concrete walls in kangwon province destroyed by high flood waters.
The officer will explain the north korean point of view that a large wall standing between 5m and 8m high was built by south koreans aided and abetted of course by the united states from 1977 until 1979 across the entire dmz.