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The Mangyongdae Children's Palace (or Mangyongdae School Children's Palace) in
Pyongyang Pyongyang () is the Capital city, capital and largest city of North Korea, where it is sometimes labeled as the "Capital of the Revolution" (). Pyongyang is located on the Taedong River about upstream from its mouth on the Yellow Sea. Accordi ...
is a public facility managed by Korean Youth Corps 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 borders China and Russia to the north at the Yalu River, Yalu (Amnok) an ...
where pioneer members can engage in extra-curricular activities, such as learning music, foreign languages, computing skills and sports. It was established on 2 May 1989 and it is situated in , in the north of
Mangyongdae-guyok Man'gyŏngdae-guyŏk or Man'gyŏngdae District () is one of the 18 guyŏk (wards) that constitute Pyongyang, P'yŏngyang, North Korea. It began as a village called Mangyongdae-ri, Man'gyŏngdae-ri in South Pyongan Province, South P'yŏngan Prov ...
. It is the largest of the palaces in North Korea dedicated to children's after-school activities. In front of the Children's Palace there are a grand sculpture group and two enormous fountains, rising 90 and 100 metres. The Mangyongdae Children's Palace has 120 rooms, a swimming pool, a gymnasium and a 2,000-seat theatre. The Mangyongdae Children's Palace is not to be confused with the situated in the north of the Kim Il-sung Square and founded in 1963.


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Mangyongdae-guyok Man'gyŏngdae-guyŏk or Man'gyŏngdae District () is one of the 18 guyŏk (wards) that constitute Pyongyang, P'yŏngyang, North Korea. It began as a village called Mangyongdae-ri, Man'gyŏngdae-ri in South Pyongan Province, South P'yŏngan Prov ...
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Education in North Korea Education in North Korea is universal and state-funded schooling by the government. As of 2021, UNESCO Institute for Statistics does not report any data for North Korea's literacy rates. Children in the DPRK go through one year of kindergart ...
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Children's Palace (China) The Children's Palace (in zh, 少年宫) is a public facility in China where children engage in extra-curricular activities. History and activity The Pioneer movement and Pioneers Palace of the Soviet Union which began in 1930 spread to other ...


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Steps for Cultural Diplomacy by Kim Laskowski
at Juilliard.edu
''Mangyongdae Schoolchildren's Palace'' picture album
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Naenara Naenara () is the official web portal of the North Korean government. History Naenara was the first website in North Korea, and was created in 1996. Usage Naenara carries publications such as '' The Pyongyang Times'', ' magazine, '' Korea ...
Pioneer movement Education in Pyongyang Child-related organizations in North Korea Educational institutions established in 1989 1989 establishments in North Korea 20th-century architecture in North Korea {{NorthKorea-school-stub