A meeting was held in the DPRK on July 22 to mark the 40th anniversary of the Paektusan Institute of Architecture. Kim Yong Jin, president of the | BLiTZ
Daily NK
2021.02.09 10:30am
The year was 1994. North Korea had begun its “Arduous March” following the collapse of the Soviet-led Eastern Bloc. Kim Jong Il, who was North Korean leader at the time, suddenly ordered in August of that year the construction of an “underground tunnel” at Mt. Myohyang.
Taking up that order, North Korea mobilized a technical team led by the Paektusan Institute of Architecture and two regiments of military engineers and began building the tunnel near the International Friendship Exhibition at Mt. Myohyang.
Opened in August of 1978, the International Friendship Exhibition houses and displays the gifts received by Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Il, Kim Jong Un and Kim Jong Suk (Kim Jong Il’s mother) from foreign heads of state and famous people worldwide. It is located in Hyangsan County, North Pyongan Province.