"Juche Tower"

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Juche Idea Tower (Hangul: :; Hanja: ,, Cuçe Sasangtap), located in Pyongyang, the capital of North Korea, the monumental column in the style of concrete terrarium, located in the philosophy of Juche, whose name is the doctrine of the province-sung. In front of the monument, which is an example of socialist realistic art style, is inspired by the Statue of Labor and Farmer; there is a 30-meter high bronze sculpture, which represents proletariat, farmers and entelijancia.

Background and Juche idea

The philosophy of Juche based on Marksist-Leninist foundations (also goes as Kimilsungism in some sources) is "Unbalanced posture" and "self-sufficiency". Kim Il-sung aims to defeat dogmatism with the thought he called Juche, he asked to bring the foundation of self-sufficiency in philosophical and ideological field and as a result of this, Juche concept entered every field of society life. According to the philosophy of Juche, human beings are divided into other creatures due to their creativity, intelligence and independence and always learn new information by developing itself. As a result, historically always goes. This progress can occur thanks to human, education, discussion and creativity experience.

The philosophy of Juche has become a systematic ideological doctrine in the 1960s period of developing discussions in the world on Chinese-Soviet separation. Thus, the philosophy of Juche can be said that the socialist has emerged in order to prevent changes in the system and act with its own historical achievements of the country.

However, in 1991, the dispersing of the Soviet Union was facing large problems of the country, and in the months following this, NATO member states in the leadership of the United States increased the sanctions to the highest level. In the country, the discussions that a situation similar to Japanese occupation between 1910-1945 have been revealed, and this situation has taken the forefront of the teaching policies of the army known as the name of the question and the thoughts of maintaining economic life with its own resources.

About Tower

Development idea
The idea of Juche was made many discussions for monumentalization using the method of communist symbolism in North Korea and then decided to make a monument tower. Although the design of the tower was largely the founder of the country, Kim Il-sung's son Kim Cong-il is believed to belong to Kim Cong-il, in negotiations with the former North Korean authorities, opinions against thissis were indicated and the decision was expressed in the competent committees. Located in Pyongyang, the capital of the country, the monument tower built on the full opposite of Kim Provincial-sung Square, the capital of Kim Il-sung, opened on April 15, 1982.

Basic features

The tower near the Taedong river is 150 meters high. 45 tonnes on the hill