What is the Juche Tower?
Q: What is the Juche Tower?
A: The Juche Tower is a monument located in Pyongyang, North Korea.
Q: When was it completed?
A: It was completed in 1982.
Q: Where is it located?
A: It is located on the eastern bank of the Taedong River, opposite the Kim Il-Sung Square.
Q: Who designed the tower?
A: It is claimed that the tower was designed by Kim Jong-il.
Q: What does the tower symbolize?
A: The tower was made to celebrate the anniversary of Kim Il-Sung's 70th birthday, and it is named after the principle of Juche developed by Kim Il-Sung.
Q: How tall is the tower and what is it made of?
A: The tower is 170 meters (560') tall and is made up of 25,550 blocks dressed in white stone with seventy dividers. It is also capped with a 20-meter high, 45-ton shining torch allegedly made out of 'special materials.'
Q: What other features are there near the tower?
A: In front of the tower is a 30-meter high statue consisting of three figures: one with a hammer, one with a sickle, and one with a writing brush (an idealized worker, a peasant, and a "working intellectual"). There is also a wall of 82 friendship plaques apparently from foreign supporters, pavilions, and water features.
