Tuesday, June 11, 2013

Inside the State-Run North Korean Factory That Manufactures Monuments

Inside the State-Run North Korean Factory That Manufactures Monuments

Inside Mansudae Art Studio, a 30-acre warehouse in Pyongyang, thousands of North Koreans work to sculpt, paint, and sew the often bombastic monuments that have become synonymous with the isolated country. But increasingly, Mansudae’s artists aren’t just making art for North Korea—they’re making it for foreign countries, which pay millions for their meticulously detailed monuments and sculptures.

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