Friendship exhibition

Korean spelling
Korean alphabet :	국제 친선 전람관
Revised Romanization :	Gukjechinseonjeonnamgwan
McCune-Reischauer :	Kukche Ch'insŏn Chŏllam-gwan

The Friendship Exhibition (also Museum for Friendship of Peoples ) is a kind of museum in the Myohyang Mountains of North Korea .

history

The museum opened on August 26, 1978 and today has more than 150 rooms with a total area of 50,000 square meters. The gifts made to the North Korean dictator Kim Il-sung and his son and successor Kim Jong-il are exhibited here in two pagoda- style buildings and vaults driven into the mountain . These were sent by party and state leaders, political parties, organizations and famous people from abroad. In 2011 there were a total of 225,900 gifts on display.

exhibition

The main items on display are gifts from (former) communist or like-minded countries. Here is a small selection of the gifts:

Ceramic vase by Jiang Zemin , former President of the People's Republic of China
Crocodile skin briefcase and oil painting "Scenery of Pinar del Rio Province" by Fidel Castro , former President of Cuba
Sword of Hafiz al-Assad , former President of Syria
Basketball by Madeleine Albright , former US Secretary of State
Archive box from Thaksin Shinawatra , former Prime Minister of Thailand
Ceramic vase of Vladimir Putin , President of the Russian Federation
Ornamental porcelain bowl of Abdullah II bin al-Hussein , King of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
Wooden sculpture "African" by Levy Mwanawasa , former President of Zambia.
Glass craft "Daily Development" by Tang Jiaxuan , former Foreign Minister of the People's Republic of China
Silver-plated wooden tray from Megawati Soekarnoputri , former President of Indonesia.

propaganda

Some opponents of the North Korean regime see the museum as a means of propaganda intended to create the impression that the North Korean government is receiving global support. Visitors to the museum are told that the number of gifts is "evidence of infinite love and respect for the Great Leader [Kim Il-sung]". Another author, Byoung-lo Philo Kim, says the aim of the exhibition is "to convince [North] Korean visitors that their guide is admired worldwide".

Web links

Individual evidence

↑ ^a ^b KCNA : International Friendship Exhibition House ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , August 31, 2009 (English). @1@ 2

↑ KCNA: International Friendship Exhibition Draws Endless Stream of Visitors ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , August 25, 2011 (English). @1@ 2

↑ KCNA: Senior Officials of Party and State Visit International Friendship Exhibition ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , February 11, 2004 (English). @1@ 2

↑ KCNA: More Gifts Displayed at International Friendship Exhibition ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , April 8, 2006 (English). @1@ 2

^ Jane Portal, British Museum: Art under control in North Korea . Reaction Books, 2005, ISBN 978-1-86189-236-2 , p. 95.

^ Helen-Louise Hunter: Kim Il-sŏng's North Korea . Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999, ISBN 978-0-275-96296-8 , p. 22.

^ Byoung-lo Philo Kim: Two Koreas in development: a comparative study of principles and strategies of capitalist and communist Third World development . Transaction Publishers, 1992, ISBN 978-0-88738-437-0 , p. 102.

40.0085 126.22878Coordinates: 40 ° 0 ′ 30.6 ″ N , 126 ° 13 ′ 43.6 ″ E

[KCNA1-1] KCNA : International Friendship Exhibition House ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , August 31, 2009 (English). @1@ 2

[2] KCNA: International Friendship Exhibition Draws Endless Stream of Visitors ( Memento of the original from March 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , August 25, 2011 (English). @1@ 2

[3] KCNA: Senior Officials of Party and State Visit International Friendship Exhibition ( Memento of the original from October 17, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , February 11, 2004 (English). @1@ 2

[4] KCNA: More Gifts Displayed at International Friendship Exhibition ( Memento of the original from October 12, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , April 8, 2006 (English). @1@ 2

[5] Jane Portal, British Museum: Art under control in North Korea . Reaction Books, 2005, ISBN 978-1-86189-236-2 , p. 95.

[6] Helen-Louise Hunter: Kim Il-sŏng's North Korea . Greenwood Publishing Group, 1999, ISBN 978-0-275-96296-8 , p. 22.

[7] Byoung-lo Philo Kim: Two Koreas in development: a comparative study of principles and strategies of capitalist and communist Third World development . Transaction Publishers, 1992, ISBN 978-0-88738-437-0 , p. 102.