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	Juche Tower - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Juche Tower is a monument in Pyongyang, North Korea.
		Associated with the tower is a 30 metre high statue consisting of three figures — one with a hammer, one with a sickle and one with a writing brush (an idealised worker, a peasant and a "working intellectual").
		The tower is named after the principle of juche, developed by Kim Il Sung as a blend of autarky, self-reliance, Korean traditionalism, and Marxism.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/Juche_tower (299 words)

	Juche Tower -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Juche Tower is a (An important site that is marked and preserved as public property) monument in (Capital of North Korea and an industrial center) Pyongyang, (A communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948; involved in state-sponsored terrorism) North Korea.
		Also close to the tower is a wall of 82 friendship plaques, apparently from foreign supporters.
		The tower is named after the principle of (additional info and facts about juche) juche, developed by Kim Il Sung as a blend of autarchy, self-reliance, Korean traditionalism, and Marxism.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ju/juche_tower.htm (323 words)

	Juche -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Juche Sasang (pronounced "Joo-cheh"), also Kimilsungism, is the official government-sponsored ideology of (A communist country in the northern half of the Korean Peninsula; established in 1948; involved in state-sponsored terrorism) North Korea.
		Juche has developed from (A form of government in which the ruler is an absolute dictator (not restricted by a constitution or laws or opposition etc.)) Stalinism and the teachings of (additional info and facts about Kim Il-sung) Kim Il-sung; it is often confused with Stalinism proper, despite important differences.
		Juche has been promoted by the North Korean government and educational system since the term was first used in a 1955 speech by Kim Il Sung.
	www.absoluteastronomy.com /encyclopedia/j/ju/juche.htm (398 words)

	Juche tower (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The Juche Tower (주체탑) is a monument in Pyongyang, North Korea.
		Associated with the tower is a 30 metre high statue consisting of three figures - one with a hammer, one with a sickle and onewith a writing brush (an idealised worker, a peasant and a "working intellectual").
		The tower is named after the principle of juche, developed by Kim Il Sung as a blendof autarchy, self-reliance, Korean traditionalism, and Marxism.
	www.therfcc.org /juche-tower-205422.html (263 words)

	North Korean Architecture: Tower of the Juche Idea, Pyongyang (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The tower of the Juche idea was unveiled on April 15, 1982, on the occasion of the 70th birthday of the North Korean leader Kim Il-sung.
		The tower represents the idea of Juche (roughly, "self reliance") in that its architectural form is derived from obelisk-type stone pagodas built in premodern Korea.
		The sculpture group in front of the tower is a trio of figures, with a worker, peasant, and intellectual holding a hammer, sickle, and writing brush.
	www.orientalarchitecture.com /pyongyang/JUCHEIDEA.htm (159 words)

	POLITICS (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Juche has its source in the Korean struggle for independence, a struggle that is still continuing.
		Juche can also be described as the totalitarian ideology of a collective war-economy.
		However necessary and successful Juche might have been in the struggle against the Japanese, in the Korea War and in the first years of the collective effort of rebuilding the country after so many years of devastation, now it seems difficult to remain the guiding force.
	www.vnc.nl /korea/pol.htm (715 words)

	Encyclopedia: Juche tower
		Associated with the tower is a 30 metre high statue consisting of three figures — one with a hammer, one with a sickle and one with a writing brush (an idealised worker, a peasant and a "working intellectual").
		An intellectual is a person who uses his or her intellect to study, reflect, and speculate on a variety of different ideas.
		Juche (pronounced Joo-cheh), also Kimilsungism, is the official government-sponsored ideology of North Korea.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Juche-tower (598 words)

	The Korea Times : [Another Korea] (91) Self-Reliance on Ideology (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		In the “Popular Dictionary of Political Terms,” published in Pyongyang in 1959, the term “juche” is conspicuous in its absence, while in the large “Dictionary of the Korean Language” (1961-1962) the meaning of the term as a name for a political ideology occupies a relatively modest place _ as a secondary interpretation.
		In 1970, a Congress of the ruling Party made “juche” Party ideology, and in 1972 “juche” was mentioned in a new Constitution as the official ideology of the state (alongside Marxism-Leninism).
		The codification of Juche was over by the early 1980s, done largely by Hwang Chang-yop, but ascribed to Kim Jong-il nonetheless (the major document was a treatise “On the Juche Idea” published in 1980, officially ascribed to Kim Jong Il but obviously host-written).
	times.hankooki.com /lpage/special/200409/kt2004092118533927130.htm (746 words)

	Juche tower
		The 170 metre structure is a four sided tapering 150 metre granite spire containing 25,550 blocks (one for each day of Kim Il Sung's life), dressed in white stone with seventy dividers and capped with a 20 metre high, 45 ton, illuminated metal torch.
		Associated with the tower is a 30 metres high statue consisting of three figures - one with a hammer, one with a sickle and one with a writing brush (an idealised worker, a peasant and a "working intellectual").
		The text of this article is licensed under the GFDL.
	www.ebroadcast.com.au /lookup/encyclopedia/ju/Juche_tower.html (275 words)

	1stopKorea - North Korea Trip, Pyongyang - The Monuments of Kimland (pg. 3)
		The tower serves as a chance for the North to begin educating visitors not just on the greatness of Kim Il-sung, but also on Kim Il-sungism, as Juche is sometimes called.
		When the bus pulled up to the base of the tower we were once again broken into our language groups, then this time we were paired with a new guide from among the staff at the tower.
		It was at the Juche Tower that I first began to realize being able to speak Korean was going to add an interesting dimension to the trip (and as an added bonus prove somewhat unsettling to Mr.
	www.1stopkorea.com /nk-trip3.htm (2850 words)

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		Statue at Juche Tower Photo courtesy Thomas St. John The North Koreans are somewhat atypical in that they add the writing brush of the intellectual to the hammer and sickle of the worker and peasant.
		Tower of the Juche Idea Photo courtesy Thomas St. John The Tower of the Juche Idea, with its flaming top, stands like a beacon along the eastern shore of the Taedong River in central Pyongyang.
		Juche Tower - riverside view Photo courtesy Dan Harmon View south from Juche Tower Photo courtesy Thomas St. John The Yanggakdo International Hotel is the tall building in the foreground.
	courses.wcupa.edu /rbove/eco343/040Compecon/Korea/040700NoTravel4.txt (2940 words)

	1Up Travel > North Korea - Attractions and Sight Seeing in North Korea. - Tower of Juche Idea
		The tower was erected on the occasion of the 70th birthday of the great leader Comrade Kim II Sung.
		In front of the tower the trio group of a worker, peasant and intellectual stands holding high the emblem of the Workers' Party of Korea.
		The top of tower body(150m high) which is served by a lift, affords a panorama of the capital.
	www.1uptravel.com /international/asia/north-korea/towerofjucheidea.html (221 words)

	Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
		It is the Tower of the Juche Idea, which honors North Korea's official political philosophy.
		He introduced juche as the guiding ideology in the 1950's and established it as a key component of North Korean life.
		While juche teaches that human beings are masters of all things and create their own destiny, in North Korea those beliefs are firmly coupled with the supreme authority of the country's leadership.
	english.chosun.com /w21data/html/news/200403/200403250003.html (835 words)

	The Kim Jong Il Succession Problem*
		Juche is used to legitimize both the present cult of personality and Kim Jong Il's succession.
		In 1982, the 150 meter-tall Juche Tower was built, and in the same year, an arch of triumph was built that is even larger than the one in Paris.
		Although Juche is laden with contradictions, it spells out very clearly the socialist-style command economy, as well as the role of a dominating and authoritarian party, with "the Leader" at its center.
	www.pitt.edu /~ctnst3/ronbun.html (4839 words)

	PYONGYANG (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		The tower was built in 1982, on occasion of the 70th birthday of Kim Il Sung.
		In front of the tower is a group of three, 30 meters high statues carrying the signs of the Korean Workers Party: a laborer, a farmer and an intellectual, symbolized with a hammer, a sickle and a (writing) brush.
		It consists of a 13 meters high, whit tower shaped as an obelisk, and a memorial plate on which the important role of Kim Il Sung in initiating the waterworks is emphasized.
	www.vnc.nl /korea/pyy-ss.htm (4290 words)

	water tower
		Originally built in 1869, the Water Tower is popularly claimed to have been the only building to have survived the Great Chicago Fire of 1871.
		While it was one of the only buildings within the fire district to survive, much of the city south of the Chicago River survived, including the home of Kate O'Leary, in whose barn the fire began.
		The building was designated a landmark in 1969, but there were three occasions (in 1906, 1918 and 1948) when its existence was threatened.
	www.fact-library.com /water_tower.html (193 words)

	Pyongyang, North Korea
		Juche, or "Master of one's self" when translated, is a philosophy that originates with Kim Il Sung.
		Juche has continued to propogate and has been made the governing philosophy of the DPRK by Kim Jung Il.
		The Juche Tower is a monument to this philosophy and was also built to honor Kim Il Sung's 70th birthday.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/world/dprk/pyongyang-imagery-05.htm (103 words)

	Juche Tower - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
		Juche Tower - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography
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		This encyclopedia, history, geography and biography article about Juche Tower contains research on
	www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/Juche_Tower (300 words)

	TruthNews
		That ideology, which preaches self-reliance, is known as Juche, of which the late Mr.
		One of the tallest structures in Pyongyang is the Juche Tower, built in Juche 70, or 1982.
		Choe says she cannot imagine life without Juche, of which she says Kim Jong Il is a prophet.
	www.truthnews.net /world/2005110015.htm (797 words)

	blogjam
		Lunch is served at the non-revolving revolving restaurant atop Pyongyang’s TV tower, from where the three North Korean television stations are broadcast, each packed with shows proclaiming the superiority of the DPRK and the shameful behaviour of her foes.
		Juche is such a part of the nation’s fabric that even the calender is affected - this year is locally known as Juche 94, year one marking the birth of Kim in 1912.
		We’re taken to the top of the tower via a corridor that smells of sewage and a lift that takes much longer than it ought to to climb the 150 metres to the summit, but the view is again spectacular, overlooking the river to Kim Il-sung square, scene of the previous evening’s marches.
	www.blogjam.com (6237 words)

	North Korea - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The KWP follows and upholds the ideology of Juche (self-reliance), which originally grew out of Stalinism.
		The KWP replaced mentions of Marxism-Leninism in the North Korean constitution with Juche in 1977.
		Communist critics of the KWP deny that it is a communist state.
	www.wikipedia.org /wiki/North_Korea (2886 words)

	KFA DPRK 2004 (JUCHE 93) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		As a KFA member of the delegation on The March for Korea’s Peace and Reunification, July, 2004 (Juche 93) I was privileged along with my fellow delegates to experience the kindness, warmth and hospitality of a very brave and progressive people.
		We were able to reciprocate their camaraderie by joining with them in work on a construction site and in weeding and hoeing in the fields.
		Such a way of life and wonderful brave people are worth defending with the ultimate sacrifice in the certain knowledge that this country of the DPRK holds the key to the survival of mankind and our future next level of evolution.
	www.korea-dpr.com /kfa2005/KFA%20DPRK%202004.htm (2492 words)

	Ari on the web: Media in DPRK
		His birth was a historic event in carrying forward the cause of the Korean revolution started on Mt Peaktu, the sacred mountain of the revolution and opening up a bright future for Korea.
		There is one channel - Juche TV, complete with the flaming Juche Tower watermark in the top left hand corner - and it broadcasts through a large chunk of the day.
		Whilst browsing at the Kimjongilia Flower Festival, our group was approached by a camera crew and journalist, who were excited at the prospect of a group of foreigners at this very Korean celebration (given that 2-3 stories were filed each day of this week from the flower festival, the journalist's excitement is somewhat understandable).
	ariontheweb.blogspot.com /2005/03/media-in-dprk.html (1600 words)

	Broadcasting Tower
		The tower, erected in April Juche 56 (1967), has an observation platform at the point of 150 meters from the ground (215 meters above the sea level).
		From the platform, the visitors can see the Munsu Street and the Tower of the Juche Idea on the bank of the beautiful River Taedong, May Day Stadium and the Chongryu, Rungna, Okryu and Taedong Bridges across the river in the east.
		Seeing from the tower modern streets including Changgwang, Thongil and Kwangbok Streets and monumental edifices they recollect the wise leadership of President Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il, who have turned Pyongyang into a beautiful city.
	www.globalsecurity.org /wmd/library/news/dprk/2005/dprk-050201-kcna05.htm (230 words)

	BBC NEWS \| Asia-Pacific \| On holiday in North Korea
		Tourists are expected to buy a wreath to place at the foot of the statue, and doff their hats in respect, Mr Willoughby said.
		The tower honours Kim's concept of Juche, or self-reliance, which became the country's guiding philosophy.
		The passenger's passport details are required in advance, as well as their curriculum vitae and a letter from their workplace.
	news.bbc.co.uk /2/hi/asia-pacific/3113352.stm (824 words)

	Power Dividers (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
		Short Stirling 95: problem with the design was that the bomb bay had dividers running down the middle, limiting it to carrying
		Juche Tower 20: Sung's life), dressed in white stone with seventy dividers and capped with a 20 metre high, 45 ton, illumina
		History of Freemasonry 19:, which shows the architect clutching a pair of dividers and, apparently, discussing the plans with a mon
	www.witchware.com /File/5630-Power.Dividers.Html (404 words)

	★ Reviews of books about north korea
		This book is an excellent aid to those who feel called to pray for N.K. It covers Juche, the architects of Juche, Korean history, those who have seen the inside of N.K. and the spiritual dimensions of this religion.
		So, VOM's decision to publish JUCHE is just another step in their uncompromising dedication to support the persecuted church worldwide and to the uncompromising propagation of the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
		JUCHE includes a history of North Korea's concentration camps including drawings, policies, etc. For more recent firsthand accounts from North Korean concentration camps, see the new VOM book, "Eyes of the Tailless Animals" (see either Amazon.com or the publisher's (VOM) website (www.persecution.com).
	north_korea.vacationbookreview.com /north_korea_3.html (6777 words)

	Las Vegas SUN: She's making the rounds
		The Juche Tower is 500 feet tall, with three 100-foot statues below it.
		A highlight of the exotic excursion was a meal of mul naengmyen -- cold buckwheat flour noodles in broth that towers out of a large bowl like a mountain rising from the sea.
		It is topped by cucumbers, slices of beef, a hard-boiled egg and a Korean pear, and South Koreans consider it a delicacy.
	www.lasvegassun.com /sunbin/stories/sports/2005/oct/26/519564897.html (993 words)

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