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There are more than a dozen leader's residences in
North Korea North Korea, officially the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), is a country in East Asia. It constitutes the northern half of the Korea, Korean Peninsula and shares borders with China and Russia to the north, at the Yalu River, Y ...
, according to
Kim Jong-il Kim Jong-il (; ; ; born Yuri Irsenovich Kim;, 16 February 1941 – 17 December 2011) was a North Korean politician who was the second supreme leader of North Korea from 1994 to 2011. He led North Korea from the 1994 death of his father Kim ...
’s former bodyguard Lee Young-kuk. Many of the residences were identified on satellite images in the
North Korea Uncovered North Korea Uncovered is a comprehensive set of mappings of North Korea. It includes in-depth coverage of thousands of buildings, monuments, missile-storage facilities, mass graves, secret labor camps, palaces, restaurants, tourist sites, and mai ...
project.
Ryongsong Residence Ryongsong Residence ( ko, 룡성 관저), also called Residence No. 55 ()) and known by locals as Central Luxury Mansion () is a presidential palace in North Korea and the main residence of North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong-un and North Kore ...
is the central residence of
Kim Jong-un Kim Jong-un (; , ; born 8 January 1982) is a North Korean politician who has been Supreme Leader of North Korea since 2011 and the leader of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) since 2012. He is a son of Kim Jong-il, who was North Korea's sec ...
. All residences are kept secret by the North Korean government and few photographs exist.


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Official residence An official residence is the House, residence of a head of state, head of government, governor, Clergy, religious leader, leaders of international organizations, or other senior figure. It may be the same place where they conduct their work-relate ...
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North Korean leaders' trains Since the establishment of North Korea, all its three leaders—Kim Il-sung, Kim Jong-il and Kim Jong-un—have been known to use high-security private trains as their preferred method of domestic and international travel. History Trains have hist ...
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North Korea Uncovered North Korea Uncovered is a comprehensive set of mappings of North Korea. It includes in-depth coverage of thousands of buildings, monuments, missile-storage facilities, mass graves, secret labor camps, palaces, restaurants, tourist sites, and mai ...
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List of leaders of North Korea The supreme leader () of North Korea is the ''de facto'' paramount leader of the Workers' Party of Korea, the state and the Korean People's Army. The title has not been written into the national constitution as a separate office, but it currentl ...
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Blue House Cheong Wa Dae ( ko, 청와대; Hanja: ; ), also known as the Blue House, is a public park that formerly served as the executive office and official residence of the president of South Korea from 1948 to 2022. It is located in the Jongno distri ...
- the southern equivalent in the Republic of Korea


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External links

* – Project for comprehensive mapping of North Korea * – Detailed satellite pictures of six North Korean leader's residences {{Kim Jong-un Official residences Kim dynasty (North Korea) North Korea-related lists Residential buildings in North Korea Government buildings in North Korea