Mansudae Congress Hall

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Mansudae Congress Hall

The Mansudae Congress Hall is the parliament building of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea . It is located in the capital Pyongyang on Mansu Hill on Mansudae Street in the Chung-guyŏk district and is primarily used for meetings of the Supreme People's Assembly and diplomatic meetings.

Structure and equipment

The building was completed in October 1984 as a neoclassical monumental structure and extends over an area of ​​45,000  square meters . In the plenary hall there are 2000 seats on an area of ​​4300 square meters. In addition, the house has a total of around 200 rooms, including several conference rooms, a ballroom and various rest and reception rooms. The in-house interpreting system makes it possible to work with a language regime of up to ten languages ​​simultaneously.

The interiors are partly furnished with marble and granite and decorated with large wall paintings.

Historical events

A declaration of peace was signed on October 4, 2007 in the Mansudae Congress Hall at a historic summit between North and South Korea .

On the occasion of the 100th birthday of the former power holder Kim Il-sung , the consultative conference of the senior members of the International Preparatory Committee met in the Congress Hall.

On July 1, 2011, an executive plan for a cultural agreement for the years 2011 to 2013 was signed between North Korea and the Philippines .

Web links

Commons : Mansudae Congress Hall  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Philipp Meuser (Ed.): Architectural Guide Pyongyang. Volume 1: Photos and Descriptions. DOM publishers, Berlin 2011, ISBN 978-3-86922-126-7 , p. 47.
  2. ↑ Backgrounder: DPRK's Mansudae Assembly Hall (English)
  3. ↑ Congress hall in the North Korea photo book einestages.spiegel.de
  4. ↑ Christoph Neidhart : A new chapter for Korea , comment in the Süddeutsche Zeitung of October 4, 2007
  5. ↑ Historical summit meeting and north-south summit discussion in Pyongyang
  6. ↑ Consultative conference on the 100th birthday of Kim Il-sung ( Memento of March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) April 19, 2011
  7. ↑ DPRK-Philippines: Executive Plan for Cultural Agreements ( Memento of March 5, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) July 2, 2011

Coordinates: 39 ° 1 ′ 42.7 ″  N , 125 ° 44 ′ 58 ″  E