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.
North korea concrete wall.
North korea however began to propagate information about the wall after the fall of the berlin wall in 1989 when the symbolism of a wall unjustly dividing a people became more apparent.
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 typhoon hit the country s eastern coast typhoon.
Footage on state broadcaster kctv earlier in the week showed bridges and concrete walls in kangwon province destroyed by high flood waters.
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.
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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.
During a visit to north korea i was taken to view this seemingly undocumented wall.
A must visit when in north korea.