North Korea is not known to be a hotspot for amusement parks. However, I was doing some Google Earthing and found a curious place: the Mangyongdae Fun Fair. It looks fun enough, but it does not seem a lot of people are having fun. I ran into this picture:
(Source) I saw some other pictures of the amusement park, but it seems pretty empty. I do not know much of the story behind it. North Korean Economy Watch has a description:
I had visited the fun fair the previous year, but to my surprise I discovered the park is much larger than I thought and it has two entrances.? This time around, I visited a completely different part of the park.? Whereas the roller coaster was the big show last year, this? time it was the log flume.? I always thought of log flumes as particular to logging in the US, but maybe they use/d them here as well.? Anyway, no one was at the park this year, so the whole place had a bit of a ghost-town feel to it.
Sure looks like it from one of his pictures. If anybody knows more info on it, that would be good. Anyway, I am sure the reason why it may be in disrepair and underused is the money problem, but like the hotels, nobody is going to visit them. Again, my best guess is, it is used for propaganda purposes as shown here. While it does not show the above park, it does show this:
Yes, the Mangyongdae Swimming Pool. Both this picture and the video shows families having fun, kids eating ice cream (that must be an ultra-rare treat in North Korea) and even showing the Great Leader smiling at his amazing accomplishment for the happiness of his formerly downtrodden people.? Looking around Google, there is no information on the Mangyongdae Swimming Pool other than a swimming pool in the Children’s Palace, so where is this? I do not know if this is still in use, or the current status.
Anybody know?
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