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The residence is located in Ryongsong District in northern Pyongyang, [4] around 12 km (7.5 mi) northeast of Kim Il Sung Square. The size of the whole leadership complex is around 12 km 2 (4.6 sq mi). [5] According to Kim Jong Il's former bodyguard Lee Young Guk, there are at least eight North Korean leaders' residences outside Pyongyang. [6]
The whole compound is a maximum security area, surrounded by two armored fence lines [10] with guards huts and checkpoints, clearly visible on satellite pictures. [citation needed] Kim Jong Il's former cook Kenji Fujimoto worked and lived in a guest house within the compound and provided some photographs dated 1989. [7]
There are more than a dozen leader's residences in North Korea, according to Kim Jong Il's former bodyguard Lee Young-kuk. [1] Many of the residences were identified on satellite images [2] in the North Korea Uncovered project. [3] Ryongsong Residence is the central residence of Kim Jong Un. [4]
Russian President Vladimir Putin and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un met for a summit this week seeking to strengthen their partnership. The two leaders also exchanged lavish gifts, as seen in photos.
The photos, published by North Korea's official Korean Central News Agency, show Kim walking past rows of centrifuges and being briefed by military officials and scientists at the Nuclear Weapons ...
The Sinuiju North Korean Leader's Residence (Korean: 신의주 관저; Hanja: 新義州 官邸), which may locally be known as the Central Luxury House or Central Luxury Residence, is one of the many official residences of North Korean leader and Workers' Party of Korea's general secretary Kim Jong-Un.
North Korea displayed the portrait of Kim Jong Un next to those of his father and grandfather — a significant step in cementing his status as leader of the nuclear-armed state.
The Kumsusan Palace of the Sun (Korean: 금수산태양궁전), formerly the Kumsusan Memorial Palace (금수산기념궁전), is a building near the northeast corner of the city of Pyongyang that serves as the mausoleum for Kim Il Sung, first Supreme Leader and founder of North Korea, and for his son Kim Jong Il, whose preserved bodies have been displayed publicly since their deaths in 1994 ...