"Depository of Kim il-Sung's gifts" Myohyang-sanmaek by DSwede

Myohyang-sanmaek Travel Guide: 14 reviews and 63 photos

International Friendship Eshibition Hall

Myohyang is the location of the underground depository of all the gifts and tributes that Kim il-Sung and Kim Jung-il have received. These depositories are massive underground labyrinths that could house the wealth of an entire country, and keep it safe from an all-out war.

View from Hyangsan Hotel

Myohyang is a quiet mountain area, about 100mi / 160km north east of P’yongyang.

Visit my North Korea (DPRK) page for some more general thoughts.

(for more pictures, feel free to visit my North Korea Gallery. If you enjoy the pictures, please leave a comment.)

Road from Pyongyang to Myohyang

Pros and Cons

Pros:Lush mountains and nice hikes if you're guides are nice to show you.
Cons:Photographs are strictly prohibited, particularly when you find that one oddball gift you want to document.
In a nutshell:If sold on e-Bay, these treasures could feed the country for decades.

Intro Updated Mar 29, 2011
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Reviews (4)

International Friendship Exhibition Hall Things to Do (3)

Myohyang is the location of the underground depository of all the gifts and tributes that Kim il-Sung and Kim Jung-il... more travel advice

Pohyon Temple Things to Do (3)

The temple is tucked in the steep hills just a few minutes from the Hyangsan Hotel, about half way to the Friendship... more travel advice

Sogok Waterfall Things to Do (3)

Your tour through Myohyang will be for the purpose of the North Koreans to show the wonderful tributes to Kim il-Sung in... more travel advice

The only hotel in Myohyang Hotels (1)

Typical of the communist decorations, this hotel has large concrete corridors and a rather dull interior (except for the... more travel advice

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victorwkf Jun 20, 2008 at 7:48 AM

So this is where Dear Leader keeps his treasures :)
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grets Nov 2, 2007 at 1:44 AM

So, the trick is to chat up the guide for extracurricular activities such as the waterfall!
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SLLiew Oct 1, 2007 at 7:52 PM

Interesting... spartan, utilatarian style hotel?... :)
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Trekki Sep 30, 2007 at 12:46 PM

This is a lovely landscape and a nice temple - but if I imagine what it was transformed to... oh my..