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Operating season
  
Year-round

Opened
  
15 April 1982

Mangyongdae Funfair

Hours
  
Closed today MondayClosedTuesdayClosedWednesdayClosedThursdayClosedFriday8:30AM–10PMSaturdayClosedSundayClosed

Similar
  
Korea Central Zoo, Arch of Triumph, Juche Tower, Chollima Statue, Kim Il‑sung Stadium

Mangyongdae fun fair pyongyang north korea september 2009


The Mangyongdae Funfair is an amusement park located in Mangyongdae-guyok, 12 kilometers from Pyongyang, North Korea. It has an area of 70 hectares including a funfair and wading pool. In fall, 2011 the funfair was reported to have little or no Korean patronage. It has been alleged that there is a lack of genuine customers with many visitors being bussed in to the attraction. It had a roller coaster, which, while operational, was in poor repair. There is a merry-go-round and a train ride.

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The dismal atmosphere and run-down condition of the funfair were severely criticized by Kim Jong-un, during an inspection in May, 2012. Kim Jong-un ordered Choe Ryong-hae, Director of the General Political Bureau of the Korean People’s Army, and others, to spruce up the funfair and bring it into compliance with the requirements of the Sŏn'gun era. Kim Jong-un used the occasion to emphasize the requirement that officials have the spirit of serving the people and abandon outdated ideological points of view and outmoded work-styles.

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Other parks

The Kaeson Youth Park is another amusement park in Pyongyang which is also in poor repair. The Taesongsan Fun Fair, opened in 1977, at the foot of Mount Taesong is another. The Pyongyang Folklore Park with an historical theme, also at Mount Taesong in Pyongyang, has been under construction since December, 2008. There are also folk parks in Sukchon, South Pyongan Province and Sariwon, North Hwanghae Province. South Korean folk parks with an historical theme such as Korean Folk Village are popular attractions.

References

Mangyongdae Funfair Wikipedia


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