Mangyongdae

Mangyongdae (Korean: 만경대) is a neighborhood in Mangyongdae-guyok, Pyongyang, North Korea. North Korean propaganda claims Mangyongdae as the birthplace of North Korean leader Kim Il-sung, although in his memoirs he wrote that he had been born in the nearby neighborhood of Chilgol. Mangyongdae is where his father, Kim Hyong-jik was from, and where Kim Il-sung spent his childhood.[1]

Mangyongdae
Korean name
Chosŏn'gŭl	만경대
Hancha	萬景臺
Revised Romanization	Mangyeongdae
McCune–Reischauer	Man'gyŏngdae

Mangyongdae has been designated as a historic site since 1947, and is listed as a Revolutionary Site.[2] [3] Original structures at the site have been replaced with replicas.[1]

Mangyongdae has since been incorporated to the city of Pyongyang.[4] The Man'gyŏngdae Prize is named after the area.

References

1. Hoare 2012, p. 257.
2. Corfield 2014, p. 120.
3. Willoughby, Robert (15 November 2007). The Bradt Travel Guide: North Korea (Second ed.). Chalfont: Bradt Travel Guides. p. 125. ISBN 978-1-84162-219-4.
4. Martin, Bradley K. (2007). Under the Loving Care of the Fatherly Leader: North Korea and the Kim Dynasty. New York: St. Martin's Press. p. 24. ISBN 978-1-4299-0699-9.

Works cited

• Corfield, Justin (2014). "Mangyongdae District". Historical Dictionary of Pyongyang. London: Anthem Press. pp. 120–123. ISBN 978-1-78308-341-1.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)
• Hoare, James (2012). "Mangyongdae". Historical Dictionary of Democratic People's Republic of Korea. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. p. 257–258. ISBN 978-0-8108-6151-0.CS1 maint: ref=harv (link)

Further reading

• Mangyongdae. Pyongyang: Foreign Languages Publishing House. 1981. OCLC 41146799.