Located on Mt. Taesong, just a short drive from the Kumsusan Memorial Palace, is the Revolutionary Martyrs’ Cemetery, the final resting place of Koreans who died fighting the Japanese during their occupation of the Korean peninsula.
As with our visit to Mansudae, our group was asked to purchase several bouquets of flowers to lay at the base of the statues.
I was “dressed up” because we visited the cemetery after the Kumsusan Memorial Palace.
The center bust, and the one with the most flowers, is that of Kim Jong-suk, Kim Il-sung’s first wife and Kim Jong-il’s mother.
View of the Rungrado May Day Stadium and Ryugyong Hotel.
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From Brad Zimmerman:
I’m really enjoying the pictures you took and reading about the experiences you had in DPRK. Great work. I can’t wait to read your other adventures..