Mangyongdae Children's Palace

Mangyongdae Children's Palace
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	만경대학생소년궁전
Hancha	萬景臺學生少年宮殿
Revised Romanization	Mangyeongdae haksaeng sonyeon gungjeon
McCune–Reischauer	Mankyŏngtae haksaeng sonyŏn kungjŏn

Mockup of NK spaceplane at 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 [de], 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]

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 [ko] situated in the north of the Kim Il-sung Square and founded in 1963.

See also

• Mangyongdae-guyok
• Education in North Korea
• Children's Palace (China)

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.

External links

• Mangyongdae Children's Palace footage from the official North Korean Tourism DVD on YouTube
• Steps for Cultural Diplomacy by Kim Laskowski at Juilliard.edu
• Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace picture album Archived 4 March 2016 at the Wayback Machine at Naenara

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