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    The Juche Tower is the second tallest monumental column in the world after the San Jacinto Monument in Texas, United States, which is 2.9 metres (9.5 ft) taller. Associated with the tower is a 30-metre-high (98 ft) statue consisting of three idealised figures each holding a tool – a hammer (the worker); a sickle (the peasant); and a writing ...

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    • Pyongyang, North Korea
  2. Oct 17, 2018 · The Juche Tower (주체사상탑|主體思想塔), also known as the Tower of the Juche Idea, is an iconic stone tower in Pyongyang, North Korea. The Juche Tower is 150m high stone tower plus 20m high adorning glow-at-night torch and stands on the east bank of the Taedong River. It was built in 1982.

  3. Top choice in Pyongyang. This tower honours the North Korean philosophy of Juche and was unveiled to mark President Kim Il-sung's 70th birthday in 1982. Indeed, the tower is made up of 25,550 granite blocks – one for every day of Kim’s life until his 70th birthday. The tower stands at 170m and a trip to the top by lift (€5) is well worth ...

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  5. Oct 14, 2016 · The Juche Tower was built in 1982 on the banks of the Taedong River in celebration of Kim Il-sung’s 70th birthday. As everything in North Korea is symbolic, the Juche Tower makes no exception ...

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  6. Mar 18, 2023 · The Juche Tower’s architectural style is inspired by traditional Korean stone pagodas. The tapering, four-sided spire is dressed in white stone, with seventy dividers and a 20-meter (66 ft)-high 45-ton illuminated metal torch at the top. The torch is always lit, a symbol of the eternal flame of the Juche Idea.

  7. Sep 13, 2020 · Tower of the Juche Idea. Tower of the Juche Idea is located on the bank of the Taedong River in the eastern part of Pyongyang. It was erected in April 1982 on the occasion of the 70th birthday of President Kim Il Sung to glorify forever the ideological and theoretical exploits of the President who authored the immortal Juche idea. It is made up ...

  8. At the 170-meter (560-foot) -tall Tower of Juche Idea, a soaring testament to the concept built in 1982 for Kim Il Sung’s 70th birthday, guide Choe Hye Ok has a ready definition at hand: “If one believes in the local people, and relies on them, one will get the universe. This is exactly the meaning of Juche.”

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