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<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim'>Dear </span></font><span
lang=FR style='mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:FR'>List
members,<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=FR
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:FR'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>I’d
like once again to thank you all for your many answers to my questions about </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Pyongyang</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Since
they came in many posts, sometimes in private messages and could be of interest
for some members, I have listed them below.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Please
note that these informations are mostly indicative and are often hypothetical. Just
pieces of a puzzle…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><font size=4
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'>Questions
about </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=4><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:14.0pt'>Pyongyang</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=4><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:14.0pt'><o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:12.0pt'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 40.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>1.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Korean</span></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Central</span></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>History</span></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceType><span
class=GramE><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Museum</span></span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
class=GramE><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> :</span></span><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> it used to be on Moran Hill before
1977 (it is said to have opened there in 1945). Where was it <span class=GramE>located
?</span> </span><font face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Wingdings;
mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>è</span></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> Called “State Museum of
History”, it was located on Moral Hill close to Ulmil Pavillion up to
1977.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 40.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>2.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB'>It was closed for renovation until recently. Has it reopened? </span><font
face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>è</span></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> Yes – date of reopening
unknown (was it really closed for renovation? That’s what I had been told
in 2009).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 40.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>3.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Korean</span></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Revolution</span></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceType><span
class=GramE><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Museum</span></span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
class=GramE><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> :</span></span><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> before being behind the Grand
Monument of Mansudae (1972), where was it located? It was supposed to be
founded in 1948 under the name of </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Central</span></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceType><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>State</span></st1:PlaceType><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceType><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Museum</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> of the Liberation Fight (I
translate from French). </span><font face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-char-type:
symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-char-type:symbol;
mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>è</span></span></font><span lang=EN-GB
style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>The </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>National</span></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Central</span></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceType><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Museum</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> of the Liberation Struggle was set
up on </span><st1:date Month="8" Day="1" Year="1948"><span lang=EN-GB
style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>August 1, 1948</span></st1:date><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>. It was renamed the </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Korean</span></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Revolution</span></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceType><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Museum</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> in January 1961 and placed on </span><st1:Street><st1:address><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Kim Il Sung Square</span></st1:address></st1:Street><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>. (It is not sure where it was
located before that).<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 40.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>4.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB'>The </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB'>Korea</span></st1:PlaceName><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceName><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Art</span></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Gallery</span></st1:PlaceName></st1:place><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> had been closed for
“renovations” for years. When has it reopened? (If it has). Was it
opened first in 1954 or 1960? </span><font face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-char-type:
symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-char-type:symbol;
mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>è</span></span></font><span lang=EN-GB
style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> It reopened after renovations in 2010.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 40.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>5.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Victorious</span></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Fatherland</span></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Liberation</span></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>War</span></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceType><span
class=GramE><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Museum</span></span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
class=GramE><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> :</span></span><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> it is said to have opened initially
in August 1953, but before being rebuilt in its actual location in 1974, where
was it located? </span><font face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:
Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>è</span></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> It was located on Haebangsan, in
what is now the Party area.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 40.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>6.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB'>Chris Springer says that the Three-Revolutions Exhibition opened in 1993
(I have 1992 in another source…), on the site of a former
“exhibition”. Does anybody know what kind of exhibition it <span
class=GramE>was ?</span> </span><font face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-char-type:
symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-char-type:symbol;
mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>è</span></span></font><span lang=EN-GB
style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-font-family:
Gulim;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>The former exhibition was the "Exhibition
of Achievements of Socialist Construction."</span><span lang=EN-GB
style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 40.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>7.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB'>Was the USS Pueblo moved from </span><st1:City><st1:place><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Wonsan</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> to </span><st1:City><st1:place><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Pyongyang</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> in 1999? (I found different dates).
</span><font face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Wingdings;
mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>è</span></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> Moved from </span><st1:City><st1:place><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Wonsan</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> in 1999, moved back temporarily in
2002, and then back again to </span><st1:City><st1:place><span lang=EN-GB
style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Pyongyang</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 40.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>8.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB'>Does anybody know where are located the fast food restaurant, the new
Italian restaurant and the micro-brewery? </span><font face=Wingdings><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-char-type:
symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-char-type:symbol;
mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>è</span></span></font><span lang=EN-GB
style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><span lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-font-family:
Batang'>There are two "fast food" restaurants -- though there are
five known establishments in </span><st1:City><st1:place><span lang=EN-US
style='mso-fareast-font-family:Batang'>Pyongyang</span></st1:place></st1:City><span
lang=EN-US style='mso-fareast-font-family:Batang'> in which you can get a
hamburger (if you count Air Koryo). There are also two Italian restaurants.
There at least 5 different beer breweries. </span><span lang=EN-GB
style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 40.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>9.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'>
</span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB'>Does anybody know the date of construction of Mansudae Art Studio? And
why it was named this way despite the fact that it is not in Mansudae area? </span><font
face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>è</span></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> Created in 1959; <span class=GramE>location<span
style='mso-spacerun:yes'> </span>unknown</span>. “T</span><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>heir
signature project is the </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span lang=EN-GB
style='mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Mansudae</span></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Grand</span></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceType><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Monument</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>, the
huge statue of Kim Il Sung” (C. Springer<span class=GramE>) :</span> the
reason for the name? (<span class=GramE>although</span> the </span><st1:place><st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Grand</span></st1:PlaceName><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:PlaceType><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Monument</span></st1:PlaceType></st1:place><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> was
opened in 1972…)</span><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 40.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>10.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>When was the Kim <span class=GramE>Il</span>
Sung Stadium first built (before the extensions and renovations of the
1970’s and 1980’s, when it was still called the Moranbong Stadium)?
</span><font face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Wingdings;
mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>è</span></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> <span class=GramE>rebuilt</span> in
1954, on a previous sports field.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 40.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>11.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>From when the site of Anhak palace in
Taesong area has been “discovered” and opened to the public? </span><font
face=Wingdings><span lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:
EN-GB;mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span
style='mso-char-type:symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>è</span></span></font><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> <span class=GramE>excavations</span>
took place under KIS. Apparently not opened to the public.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal style='margin-left:40.0pt;text-indent:-20.0pt;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo1;
tab-stops:list 40.0pt'><![if !supportLists]><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><span style='mso-list:Ignore'>12.<font size=1
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font:7.0pt "Times New Roman"'> </span></font></span></span></font><![endif]><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>When did the so-called mausoleum or
tomb of Tangun open to the public: 1993 or 1994? </span><font face=Wingdings><span
lang=EN-GB style='font-family:Wingdings;mso-ascii-font-family:"Times New Roman";
mso-hansi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB;mso-char-type:
symbol;mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'><span style='mso-char-type:symbol;
mso-symbol-font-family:Wingdings'>è</span></span></font><span lang=EN-GB
style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> </span><st1:date Month="10" Day="11"
Year="1994"><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>11th October 1994</span></st1:date><span
lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><u><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>New reference:<o:p></o:p></span></font></u></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=3 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:12.0pt;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Roger Mateos Miret with Jelena
Prokopljevic: Corea <span class=GramE>del</span> Norte, Utopía de hormigón. <span
class=GramE>Arquitectura y urbanismo al servicio de una ideología.</span> </span><span
lang=EN-US>Brenes, Spain 2012 (Munoz Moya Editores). (<span class=GramE>thanks</span>
to Prof. Dege).</span></font><span lang=EN-GB style='mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim;mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>For
information, since I didn’t explain at first the reason of my questions:<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>I
have just worked on a diachronic reading of the imaginary of </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Pyongyang</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>'s urban planning and
the way the ideology and the regime’s mythology are staged in the city
itself (what I call a “topo-mythanalysis“). It was the first part
of a research about the regimes of visibility in cities (comparison
Pyongyang-Seoul). The article about the topo-mythanalysis has been written and <span
class=GramE>translated,</span> it will be presented at the World Conference of
Korean Studies in </span></font><st1:City><st1:place><font size=2
face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Seoul</span></font></st1:place></st1:City><font
size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB style='font-size:11.0pt;
font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'> this week. My approach
follows a cultural anthropology methodology (Durand). The article has been
published in French in the journal <i style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><span
style='font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal'>Croisements</span></i>
(April 2012) and will hopefully be published next year in English.<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'>Yours,<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoPlainText><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-GB
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-ansi-language:EN-GB'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2 face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US
style='font-size:10.0pt;mso-fareast-font-family:Gulim'><o:p> </o:p></span></font></p>
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lang=FR style='font-size:12.0pt;color:navy;mso-ansi-language:FR;mso-no-proof:
yes'>Benjamin JOINAU<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>
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color=navy face="Times New Roman"><span lang=EN-US style='font-size:12.0pt;
color:navy;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'>Yongsan-gu
Itaewon-dong 119-28<o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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style='mso-bidi-font-style:normal'><font color=navy><span lang=EN-US
style='color:navy;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal;mso-no-proof:
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mso-bidi-font-style:normal;mso-no-proof:yes'>South Korea</span></font></i></st1:country-region></st1:place><i
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style='color:navy;font-style:italic;mso-bidi-font-style:normal;mso-no-proof:
yes'><o:p></o:p></span></font></i></p>
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