Pyongyang (North Korea) - Wink Travel Guide

Pyongyang with about 2,750,000 inhabitants, is the capital city of North Korea. It is on the Taedong River in the southwest of the country.

As well as its "showcase city" where people have a markedly higher standard of living than elsewhere in the country. Many of the nation's tourist attractions can be found here and will likely form part of most travel itineraries to North Korea.

Largely destroyed during the Korean War in 1952, it was rebuilt to be a model city to boost morale in North Korea. The Russian-style architecture features wide boulevards and lots of green space and decoration.

The streets are laid out in an orderly grid, and the city is divided into self-sufficient urban neighborhoods all with similar amenities nearby.

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