The subway system in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang has undergone a major facelift in recent years to add modern ...

Subway in Pyongyang North Korean people are seen on the platform of a subway station in Pyongyang, in this undated photo ...

Unlike traditional subway systems, Pyongyang's subway station names do not correspond to the streets and landmarks on the surface. Names like Kwangbok, or in English, liberation, ...

The Pyongyang Albright Didn't See. From Store Shelves to Subway Tunnels, Capital Reflects a Destitute Nation. October 24, 2000. By Steven Mufson.

The Pyongyang subway was opened as the first subway in the Korean Peninsula in 1973 with two routes of "Senri Ma Line" and "Innovation Line". This is the Senri Ma line's reconstruction station.

PYONGYANG, North Korea Pyongyang is upgrading its overcrowded mass transit system with brand new subway cars, trams and buses in a campaign meant to show that leader Kim Jong Un is raising the ...

Overall, Pyongyang’s subway system, which Wired’s Jeffrey Marlow visited recently, seems pretty creepy, in that it is “dimly lit,” filled with portraits of Kim Jong-Il and Kim Il-Sung, ...

British YouTuber Harry Jaggard highlighted the price of the Pyongyang subway—just $0.05—as well as the presence of statues of North Korean leaders.

In fact, looking at the top of the subway, there is even a picture of Kim Il-sung and Kim Jong-il's father and son. This is the view of the Pyongyang subway released by a travel YouTuber in Russia.

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