Mangyongdae

The closest North Korea has to a Kim Il Sung Disney World is the suburb of Mangyongdae, one of the many cottage industries created by and simultaneously bolstering the ever-growing personality cult of Great Leaders one and two. Just 12km from the centre of Pyongyang, Mangyongdae has long been a destination for day-trippers from the capital, due to its idyllic setting amid the gentle hills where the Sunhwa River flows into the Taedong.

The suburb now houses the place of Kim Il Sung's birth - an interesting place to visit, as much to see the pretty setting, the funfair and the relaxing Pyongyangites, as for the flourishing Kim cult.