Mansudae Assembly Hall

The Mansudae Assembly Hall (Korean: 만수대의사당; Hanja: 萬壽臺議事堂) is the seat of the Supreme People's Assembly, the unicameral legislature of North Korea.[2][3] It is located in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang and sits adjacent to the Korean Revolution Museum. Before the Korean War the territory where the building is situated was the location of the former Pyongyang Women’s Prison.[4]

Mansudae Assembly Hall
만수대의사당
The east side view of the Mansudae Assembly Hall
General information
Town or cityPyongyang
CountryNorth Korea
Coordinates39°01′43″N 125°44′58″E
Current tenantsSupreme People's Assembly
CompletedOctober 1984[1]
OwnerNorth Korean Government
Technical details
Floor area45,000 square metres (480,000 sq ft)
Other information
Seating capacity2,000[1]
Number of rooms200+[1]

Facilities include a main meeting hall covering an area of 4,300 square metres (46,000 sq ft) with 2,000 seats for parliament members as well as a simultaneous interpretation system in the hall which has the capacity of translating ten foreign languages at a time.[1] The building is based on Soviet architectural influences with some Korean elements.

References

  1. "Backgrounder: DPRK's Mansudae Assembly Hall". Xinhua News Agency. 27 September 2010. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  2. Seol Song Ah (22 April 2015). "Inside North Korea's Supreme People's Assembly". The Guardian. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  3. "North Korea parliament meet watched for policy, personnel change". AFP. 9 April 2015. Retrieved 4 August 2015.
  4. "Pyongyang in 1946 and today". NK Leadership. Retrieved 17 April 2020.


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